Leadership

Prof Dr Bertram Häussler

Chairman

IGES Institut – Germany

Prof. Dr. Bertram Häussler, Chairman of the IGES Institute. He is a physician, sociologist and honorary professor for economics of the pharmaceutical industry at the Technical University (TU) Berlin. His research focuses on health economics, health technology assessment in a national and international context, and digitization of health care systems.

Michael Weisser

CEO

AiM - Germany

Mr. Weisser holds a Master equivalent degree in Economics from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (i. Brsg.). He is a recognized expert for market access and reimbursement, particularly for the medical device sector and digital health solutions. His work also comprises the reimbursement of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are based on the use of medical devices and digital therapeutics. This involves the research, processing and analysis of circumstances in various health and insurance systems in the European and German context and the subsequent derivation of market access strategies. In addition, Mr. Weisser plans and holds international workshops as well as conference contributions related to reimbursement and market access for Germany.

Michael Branagan-Harris

CEO

Device Access – UK

Since 1989, Michael Branagan-Harris, CEO of Device Access UK Ltd has been involved in accelerating patient access to great technology in the UK’s health care system – the National Health Service or NHS.
From 2006-2009 Michael ran VNUS Medical UK Ltd, a subsidiary of VNUS Inc San Jose California.
In 2010, Michael incorporated Device Access UK and since then his team has helped hundreds of Medical Device and Diagnostic companies navigate their way into the NHS. Their customers range from small start-ups to multinational companies from all over the world.
In 2014, Device Access was granted a commercial license from NHS Digital to access over 1 Billion NHS England patient electronic health records. His work also involves close collaboration with the National Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure (NOCRI), the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the UK’s Department of international Trade (DIT).

Claire Moreau

General Manager

Meditech Access - France

A qualified pharmacist, Claire is recognized as an expert in the production of medical documentation.
She has more than 20 years of experience in a number of fields covering regulatory affairs, prices and reimbursement, market access for industry and public hospitals and health authorities.
Claire joined Meditech in 2013. She defines the best market access strategies and currently manages a team of eight consultants.

Michel Verhasselt

CEO

Meditech Access - France

Michel holds a Master’s degree in business administration and health economics from the Université catholique de Lille (Catholic University of Lille). Michel founded Meditech Access in 2012.
He is a recognized expert, with more than 25 years’ experience working in the fields of health economics, HTA, DRG codes and reimbursement, particularly for the medical device sector.
He is responsible for activities relating to public affairs and market access covering France, Belgium and Switzerland.

Mattias Kyhlstedt

CEO

Synergus - Sweden

Mattias is the CEO and founder of Synergus RWE, providing market access services in Western Europe and Real-World Evidence studies with some of the richest datasets in the world.

He has an in-depth understanding of the pathways to reimbursement in Europe for Medical Devices and Digital Solutions combined with an understanding of how to best address the evidence requirements by different authorities.

Dr. Marc Kurepkat

CEO

CSG - Germany

Marc Kurepkat, doctor of medicine, is a specialist physician for general medicine, working for more than 20 years in executive positions within the German health care system. Since 2001, he has been closely affiliated to the IGES Group, at first as the COO of the CSG then as a consultant. Main focus of his work are Real World Data, chronic diseases und digitalization of research and care.
Clinical training stations in internal medicine and geriatrics, work as an emergency medicine physician, doctorate in infectious diseases. After his residency, he was one of the pioneers of imparting digital knowledge of medical information for consumers and medical professionals (Bertelsmann Mediengruppe). In the 2010s, he founded a medical StartUp (medical centers, psychotherapy, nursing, physiotherapy). Marc Kurepkat has been significantly involved in the development of several chronic care programs and digital health applications. Furthermore, he is active as a physician in ambulatory care.