Former EMA head to advise NDA Group business
Thomas Lönngren joins new European regulatory and market access business
Thomas Lönngren, previously executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), will take a strategic advisory role in the new business.
The organisation said NDA’s Advisory Board would be integral integral to NDA Advisory Services and will be expanded to include HTA and market access capabilities.
New specialists are to join the Advisory Board to advise pharmaceutical companies on how they can prove the value of their products to national agencies.
Lönngren will play a fundamental role in the new business, building on 30 years’ experience in the regulatory field including the last 10 years heading EMA. One of his key ambitions is to create a co-ordinated approach to Health Technology Assessment and improve market access in Europe.
‘I’ve recognised for a long time that the whole area of market access needs new ideas and a new vision,’ he said.
‘I plan to further develop my ideas surrounding International Regulatory Strategies, coupled with pushing for a joined-up approach to HTA, to enable the best medicines to reach needy patients as efficiently as possible.’
NDA has offices in Germany, Sweden and the UK.