Efstratia Vatzaki is a Senior specialist in the Regulatory Affairs of European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, advising the SME office on regulatory paths of candidate products during product development.

Having been at the Agency for more than 20 years, she had previously worked in different positions in Evaluation of medicines, Pharmacovigilance and Transparency.

Efstratia was involved in academic research in several institutes in Europe (Pasteur Institute in Paris, France; CNRS in Orleans, France; and Bath University, UK), after receiving her PhD in Biochemistry and Immunology from University of Athens in Greece.

On October 8 at Rigshospitalet, Efstratia will chair at the round table discussion 5: Addressing regulatory challenges in Europe for smooth and rapid market access.