João Duarte is currently Vice President and Head of Global Regulatory Affairs Excellence at Ipsen. He oversees teams responsible for Regulatory Process and Compliance, Transparency, Regulatory Intelligence & Policy, Regional Coordination and Business Operations. He held several roles since 2012 in Regulatory Leadership, where he worked to help colleagues to better understand the shifting regulatory environment and to support drug development in several therapeutic areas globally. Previously, João trained at the European Medicines Agency (EMA). He is a Pharmacist by training, graduating from the University of Lisbon, and also obtained a MSc in Pharmaceutical Medicine from Trinity College Dublin.