Affiliation
KU Leuven, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences - Professor of Health Economics
Country
Belgium
1. Current Status, Position
Prof. Dr. Steven Simoens is a Professor of Health Economics.
2. Education
Prof. Dr. Steven Simoens is a Commercial Engineer (KU Leuven, 1997), who later specialised in health economics and obtained a MSc in Health Economics (University of York, 1998) and a PhD in Economics (University of Aberdeen, 2001).
3. Research Area
The research interests of Steven Simoens focus on health economic aspects of medicinal products. Steven has carried out numerous cost(-of-illness) analyses, economic evaluations and budget impact analyses of medicinal products. He has also worked extensively in the area of policy relating to market access of medicinal products, with a particular interest in oncology medicinal products, orphan medicinal products, cell and gene therapies, antibiotics, vaccines, generic and biosimilar medicinal products.
4. Conflict of interest
No conflict of interest declared.
