Dr Steffen Thirstrup

Steffen has been with NDA since 2013 and excels at advising companies on their development strategies to meet expectations of regulatory agencies around the world. He applies his skills to a broad range of therapeutic areas and has successfully helped numerous clients interact with regulatory agencies throughout the stages of development and during regulatory review.

Key Areas Of Expertise

Extensive expertise in the inner workings of the EU regulatory systems
- Have attended more than 100 oral explanations at CHMP and help numerous clients prepare for this
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
- A board-certified specialist in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Clinical documentation requirements supporting European regulatory applications
- Have been EU rapporteur for at least 16 centralised authorised products
Clinical development plan scientific strategy and design
- Advanced Therapies (cell and gene therapies and tissue engineering)
- Biosimilar development
- Pharmacogenomics, biomarkers and personalized medicine
- Respiratory medicine
Professional presentation skills and extensive teaching experience
- Adjunct professor in pharmacology at University of Copenhagen

Before NDA

Steffen headed the Division for Medicines Assessment and Clinical Trials at the Danish Health and Medicines Authority and acted as Danish member of the Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) at the EMA. He was also a member of the Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT), the Chairperson of the CHMP’s Respiratory Drafting Group and Co-Chair of the European Commission Working Group on Market Access of Biosimilars. Steffen is an MD with a PhD in pharmacology with more than 10 years of clinical experience in general internal medicine and respiratory medicine.