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Research interests

  • PhD in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and specialist in Clinical Pharmacology via MIR.
  • Since 2023 Consultant Physician at the Clinical Pharmacology Service, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Member of the  Clinical Research Ethics Committee.
  • Between 2016 and 2023, senior management position at the Catalan Health Service, in relation to drug management: Managing Director for Drug Evaluation from 2016 to 2019 and Managing Director of Medicines from 2019 to 2023, representing Catalonia in the Permanent Pharmacy Commission of the Spanish Interterritorial Health Council and in the Spanish Interministerial Commission for Drug Pricing and Reimbursement.
  • Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona since 2010.
  • Consultant physician in Clinical Pharmacology at Parc Taulí Hospital (Sabadell) between 2011 and 2016; member of the Pharmacotherapeutic Committee and the Clinical Research Ethics Committee.
  • Support to EMA scientific advice  as a European Expert appointed by the AEMPS between 2010 and 2017, and from 2024.
  • Previously, 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, mainly in clinical development in early stages.

Areas of expertise: Regulatory Science, in particular: Drug development, design, methodology and ethical evaluation of clinical trials and observational studies. Regulation of clinical studies. Drug regulation. Evaluation and therapeutic positioning of drugs. Access. price and reimbursement of medicines. Pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology applied to the rational use of drugs. Orphan diseases. Medical education. Early-phase clinical trials, first in human trials.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Ph. D., Doctora en Medicina i Cirurgia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Award Date: 15 Oct 2004

Postgraduate, Médica Especialista en Farmacologia Clínica, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC)

Award Date: 31 Dec 1994

Degree, Llicenciada en medicina i cirurgia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Award Date: 1 Jun 1990

Baccalaureate, Batxiller Superior, Centro Integrado Público de Formación Profesional Ausiàs March

Award Date: 1 Jun 1984

External positions

Consultant Physician, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

15 Dec 2023 → …

Manager for Medicinal Products, Catalan Health Service (CatSalut)

3 Jan 202014 Dec 2023

Manager of Pharmacotherapeutic Harmonization, Catalan Health Service (CatSalut)

15 Jun 20162 Jan 2020

Consultant- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Consorci Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí de Sabadell

16 Jan 201114 Jun 2016

Cap d'Investigació Clínica i Assumptes Regulatoris. Directora Mèdica., Palau Pharma, S.A.

6 Dec 200615 Jan 2011

Responsable Europea de farmacoepidemiologia i farmacoeconomia. Responsable Espanyola de Farmacovigilància. Vice-responsable Europea de Farmacovigilància, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals. (Egham, Reino Unido)

1 Oct 20055 Dec 2006

Responsable de farmacovigilància i comunicacions médiques, Vita Científica S.L., a Procter & Gamble Company. (Barcelona)

1 Aug 200430 Sept 2005

Cap de Departament de Farmacologia Clínica, Laboratorios Vita S.A. (Barcelona)

1 Jan 200231 Jul 2004

Monitor assaigs clínics. Gestor de projectes. Cap de secció de Farmacologia Clínica, J. Uriach & Cia, S.A.

1 Sept 199631 Dec 2001

Metge Adjunt, Servei de Farmacologia Clínica. Hospital Vall d¿Hebrón. (Barcelona)

1 May 199531 Aug 1996

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