scientific council for pharmaceutical

CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
CHRISTINE LEOPOLD
Telephone:
+43 6505285410
E-mail:
[email protected]
WORK EXPERIENCE
Researcher at Gesundheit Österreich, Department of Health Economics / WHO
Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies
(http://www.goeg.at; https://whocc.goeg.at)
May 2005 - present
Research areas:
1) Comparative research in health care systems with a focus on pharmaceutical
systems in Europe
2) Health economics and pharma-economics (in particular medicine prices
comparison in Europe, generics, orphans, personalized medicine)
Project Co-Management:
1) Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI,
http://whocc.goeg.at/Networks/Organisation)
2) National Center for Rare Diseases in Austria
Consulting activities in the field of pharmaceutical systems for various players in
the Austrian pharmaceutical sector, the European Commission, the World Health
Organization and the World Bank
Sabbatical leave (6 months Peru, 5 months USA)
January - November
2012
FELLOWSHIPS / INTERNSHIPS
Harvard Medical School Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Policy Research at
the Department of Population Medicine, Boston, USA
IMS Institute Academic Fellowship in Global Health Research, Pennsylvania, USA
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, Vienna, Austria
Ministry of Health, Department of Accreditation and Licensing, Puerto Rico
Austrian Commercial Council / Austrian Embassy, Singapore
September - November
2012
July - August 2012
April 2005
May - August 2004
January - February 2003
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDIES
PhD in Pharmaceutical Policy, Utrecht University, Division of
Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology / WHO Collaborating
Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis
(http://www.pharmaceuticalpolicy.nl/), Utrecht, the Netherlands
2009 - 2013 (expected)
Master of Science in International Health Care Management, Economics and
Policy, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
2003 - 2004
Master of Applied Science in International Business Relations, Austria
1998 - 2002
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Rotary High School Exchange Program, Texas, USA
1995 - 1996
LANGUAGES
German
Native
English
Fluent
Spanish
Advanced
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Leopold C, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Seyfang L, Vogler S, de Joncheere K, Laing RO, Leufkens HGM. Impact of
external price referencing on medicine prices – a price comparison among 14 European countries. Southern
Med Review. December; 5(2):34-41.
Leopold C, Vogler S, Mantel-Teeuwisse A, de Joncheere K, Leufkens HGM, Laing R. Differences in external
price referencing in Europe - A descriptive overview. Health Policy. 2012;104(1):50-60.
Vogler S, Zimmermann N, Leopold C, de Joncheere K. Pharmaceutical policies in European countries in
responde to the global financial crisis. Southern Med. December 2011:4(2):22-32.
Leopold C, Vogler S, Habl C. Was macht ein erfolgreiches Referenzpreissystem aus – Erfahrungen aus
internationaler Sicht. Soziale Sicherheit. 2008;11:614-23.
Vogler S, Habl C, Leopold C. Arzneimittel – wer zahlt? Erstattung und Selbstbeteiligung in der erweiterten
EU. Soziale Sicherheit. 2006: 9: 411-8.
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS UNDER REVIEW / IN PROGRESS
Leopold C, Vogler S, Habl C, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Espin J. Personalized medicine as a challenge for public
pricing and reimbursement authorities – a survey among 27 European countries (including Iceland and
Norway) on the example of trastuzumab. Under review.
Leopold C, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Vogler S, de Joncheere K, Leufkens HGM, Laing RO. Is Europe heading
to a common price level for on-patent medicines? A price comparison among 15 Western European countries
2007-2011. Under review.
Leopold S, Zhang F, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Vogler S, Valkova S, Ross-Degnan D, Wagner AK. Impact of
pharmaceutical policy interventions on sales of antipsychotic medicines in Finland and Portugal: interrupted
time series analyses. In progress.
Leopold C, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Vogler S, Valkova S, de Joncheere, Wagner AK, Ross-Degnan D, Laing
RO. Impact of pharmaceutical policy measures implemented in respond to the 2008 recession on medicine
consumption in Europe. In progress.
Vogler S, Leopold C, Zuidberg C, Habl C. Medicines discharged in hoursehold garbage. Analysis of a
pharmaceutical waste sample in the city of Vienna. Under review.
REPORTS (all reports are available on https://whocc.goeg.at/publications)
Leopold C, Habl C. EMINEt survey on Herceptin (Trastuzumab) and accompanying diagnostic procedures for
breast cancer indication. February 2012. Commissioned by the European Commission, Directorate-General
Enterprise.
Vogler S, Leopold C, Zimmermann N. PHIS Hospital Pharma. Arzneimittelmanagement in Krankenanstalten.
Commissioned by the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers and the Austrian Federal Ministry of
Health. March 2011.
Leopold C, Rovira J, Habl C. Generics in small markets or for low volume medicines European Union:
Evidence from the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Commissioned by the European Commission,
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Directorate-General Enterprise. December 2010.
Vogler S, Habl C, Leopold C, Morak S, Mazag J, Zimmermann N. PHIS Hospital Pharma Report.
Commissioned by the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers and the Austrian Federal Ministry of
Health. May 2010.
Leopold C, Habl C, Vogler S, Rosian-Schikuta I. Steuerung des Arzneimittelverbrauchs am Beispiel
Dänemark. Commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health, Family and Youth. December 2008.
Leopold C, Habl C, Morak S, Rosian- Schikuta I, Vogler S. Leistungsfähigkeit des österreichischen
Gesundheitssystems im Vergleich. Commissioned by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health, Family and
Youth. July 2008.
Vogler S, Habl C, Leopold C, Rosian-Schikuta I, de Joncheere K. Lyager Thomsen T. PPRI Report.
Commissioned by the European Commission, Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection and
Austrian Federal Ministry of Health, Family and Youth, June 2008.
Habl C, Vogler S, Leopold C, Schmickl B, Fröschl B. Referenzpreissysteme in Europa. Commissioned by the
Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions. February 2008.
Habl C, Vogler S, Leopold C, Schmickl B, Fröschl B. Reference price systems in Europe: Executive summary.
Commissioned by the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions. February 2008.
Leopold C, Habl C, Vogler S. Tendering of Pharmaceuticals in EU Member States and EEA countries.
Commissioned by the Main Association of Austrian Social Health Insurance Institutions on behalf of the
European Social Insurance Platform. June 2008.
Leopold C, Habl, C. et al. Pharma Profile Austria. Commissioned by the European Commission, DirectorateGeneral Health and Consumer Protection and Austrian Federal Ministry of Health, Family and Youth. 2007.
Fröschl B, Arts D, Leopold C. HTA: Neurodermitis-Behandlung bei Kindern mit Kortikoiden und Calcineurininhibitoren.
DIMDI. 2007. (available from http://www.dimdi.de/dynamic/de/hta/aktuelles/news_0088.html)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / TEACHING
Reviewer for Health Policy
Guest speaker at Bocconi University, Master for International Health Care
Management, Policy and Economics
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