Kristina Larsson joined the orphan team of the EMA as the Head of Office in July 2014. Before that she spent 8 years as a scientific officer in the scientific advice team of the EMA in charge of the Scientific Advice Working Party secretariat. Before joining the agency she worked three years in clinical research for AstraZeneca in Mölndal, Sweden. Kristina has a master of Medicine in Pharmaceutical Bioscience from the University of Gothenburg.

Dr Jordi Llinares is currently the Head of Research and Innovation at the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the Agency he has had different posiitons including Head of Orphan Medicines, Scientific Support Development and, and Scientific and regualtory management between 2009 and 2020. Dr Llinares graduated as a Medical Doctor from the University of Barcelona and specialised (MIR) as clinical pharmacologist at Hospital Vall d’Hebron. He has a Masters in Science in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London). Before joining the Agency he worked as clinical pharmacologist at Hospital de Sant Pau (Barcelona) and was member of the Ethics Committee of the IAS (Institut d’Assistencia Sanitaria).