Prof. Mondher Toumi is M.D. by training, M.Sc. in Biological Sciences and Ph.D. in Economic Sciences. He is President and Founder of Creativ-Ceutical. Founder and Director of the European Market Access University Diploma, pioneer educational programme in market access held at the University of Aix-Marseille.

Prof. Mondher is member of the research unit 3279 in Public Health at Aix-Marseille University.

He worked from 1995 in the pharmaceutical industry for 13 years. Prof. Mondher was appointed Global Vice President at Lundbeck A/S in charge of health economics, outcome research, pricing, market access, epidemiology, risk management, governmental affairs and competitive intelligence. In 2008, he founded Creativ-Ceutical, an international consulting firm dedicated to support life science industries and authorities in strategic decision-making.

Prof. Mondher Toumi is also visiting Professor at two famous Chinese universities: Shenyang Pharmaceutical University and Beijing University (Third Hospital). In addition to contributing as a reviewer on several journals, he is Chief Editor at the online Journal of Market Access and Health Policy. He did two mandates as Co-Chair of the Research Review Committee ISPOR in 2012 and 2013.

Dr. Pierre Meulien is Executive Director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI).

From 2010 to 2015, Dr. Meulien was President and CEO of Genome Canada, where he raised significant funds for the organisation and oversaw the launch of novel projects and networks in the field of genomics-based technologies. Prior to that from 2007 to 2010, he was Chief Scientific Officer for Genome British Columbia.

From 2002 to 2007, Dr. Meulien served as founding CEO of the Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre (now Molecular Medicine Ireland), which linked medical schools and teaching hospitals in Dublin to build a critical mass in molecular medicine and translational research.

Dr. Meulien also worked in the private sector with the French biotechnology company Transgene, and with Aventis Pasteur (now Sanofi Pasteur). He has a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Edinburgh and carried out a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institut Pasteur in Paris.