Richard Bergström

Richard Bergström is a pharmacist by training. He received his MScPharm degree from the University of Uppsala, Sweden in 1988 and his honorary doctor title in October 2022. After his first job at the Swedish Medicines Agency, he worked for 10 years in regulatory affairs at global and EU level at Roche and Novartis in Basel. For 15 years he was a lobbyist for pharma leading the industry associations in Sweden (LIF) and later in Brussels (EFPIA). During the pandemic he was the vaccine coordinator for the Swedish government and effectively seconded to the European Commission (DG SANTE/HERA) as member of the EU Joint Negotiation Team. In September 2022 he joined IQVIA as Vice President European Affairs based in Switzerland. He is also a member of the Board of European Health Forum Gastein, the Board of Trustees of EUPATI, and served for six years as vice chair of the Karolinska Institute.