Regional Engagement Committee (REC)

MEMBERSHIP

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Co-Chairs

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Daems, Joël

HTA Expert

RIZIV/INAMI
Belgium

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Guardian, Marcus

General Manager

Brussels Center for Collaboration in Health (BCCH)
Belgium

Executive Members

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Marchetti, Marco

Chair | Director HTA Department

Health Technology Assessment Coordination Group (HTACG)| Agenzia Nazionale per I Servizi Sanitari Regionali (AGENAS)
Italy

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Natsis, Ioannis (Yannis)

Director

European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP)
Belgium

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Rappagliosi, Andrea

Senior Vice President Public Affairs EMEACLA

Edwards Lifesciences Sarl
Switzerland

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Rotaru, Mihai

Director Market Access

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
Belgium

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Strammiello, Valentina

Interim Executive Director

European Patients Forum
Belgium

Committee Members

Members

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Blasco, Juan Antonio

Scientific Coordinator

Andalusian Health Technology Assessment Agency, AETSA-FPS
Spain

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Devleesschauwer, Brect

Head of Service Health Information

Sciensano
Belgium

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Ghabri, Salah

Scientific Referent in Health Economic Evaluation & HTA Methods

Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS)
France

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Goettsch, Wim G.

Special Advisor HTA | Professor of HTA of Pharmaceuticals

National Health Care Institute | Utrecht University
The Netherlands

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Kapper, Janek

Patient Advocate

Estonian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Association (EPSS)
Estonia (Baltics)

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Koç, Esra Meltem

Professor, Department of Family Medicine | Chair

Izmir Katip Celebi University (IKCU) | Turkish Evidence Based Medicine Association
Türkiye

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Léonard, Christian

General Manager

Sciensano
Belgium

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Pinilla-Dominguez, Pilar

Programme Director – Methods, Research and Health Economics

NICE
UK

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Ramaekers, Dirk

Chairman of the Management Committee

Federal Public Service Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
Belgium

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Schiel, Anja

Lead Methodologist in Regulatory and Pharmacoeconomic Statistics

Norwegian Medical Products Agency (NoMA)
Norway

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Stanak, Michal

General Manager

Beneluxa Initiative | Masaryk University, Czechia
Slovakia

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Steck, Natalie

HTA Strategy & Policy Lead (ad interim) / EU HTA Team LeadInternational Access

MSD Innovation & Development GmbH
Switzerland

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Tesar, Tomas

Professor of Health Economics

National Institute for Value and Technologies in Healthcare (NIHO)
Slovakia

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Turk, Eva

Senior Researcher, Center for Digital Health and Social Innovation

University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten
Austria

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Werkö, Sophie

Manager International Relations

SBU
Sweden

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