Europe, Middle East & Africa Regional Advisory Council

Chair

Max Wegner

Head Regulatory Affairs, Bayer AG

  
After studying pharmacy at the University of Bonn, Max Wegner commenced his PhD in pharmacology at Bayer and started in Regulatory Affairs as a Dossier Manager in 1996 in Wuppertal. Since then, Max has been employed in various functions within Product Development at Bayer and also spent some time in China and the USA. Max Wegner led the Therapeutic Areas organization in Pharmaceuticals Development for four years before re-joining Regulatory Affairs in 2018 as Head of Regulatory Affairs. As a special Pharmacist for Drug Information, he is a member of the examination board of the Pharmacy Association Nordrhein-Westfalen and a college lecturer and speaker for various regulatory topics.
Members
  • Ivana Ferber

    Regulatory Affairs Lead Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina, Merck Sharp & Dohme

  • Sabine Haubenreisser

    Principal Scientific Administrator, Stakeholders and Communication Division, European Medicines Agency

  • Niklas Hedberg

    Chair EUnetHTA Executive Board; Chief Pharmacist, Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency, TLV

  • Jesper Kjær

    Co-Chair, EMA/HMA Big Data Steering Group; Director of Data Analytics Centre, Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA)

  • Hubert Leufkens

    Professor, Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulatory Science, Utrecht University

  • Volker Liebenberg

    Chief Medical Officer , Elypta

  • Kristin Raudsepp

    Head of the Tartu Raatuse Clinic, Confido Medical Center

  • Aleksandar Ruzicic

    Partner, Head of Operations, Executive Insight

  • Bettina Ryll

    Member of the First EU Cancer Mission Board, MPNE, Vision Zero Cancer

  • Claudine Sapède

    Director, Global HTA Policy, Novartis Pharma AG

  • Álmath Máire Spooner

    Director of Regulatory Policy and Intelligence, AbbVie

  • Dean Summerfield

    Senior Vice President, Real World and Commercial Solutions, EMEA, IQVIA

  • Phil Tregunno

    Head of Vigilance Operations, Safety and Surveillance, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

  • Magnus Ysander

    EU & UK QPPV & Head Pharmacovigilance Excellence, AstraZeneca