Our leadership team

Lars Bo Nielsen
Director General

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Tel. +45 4488 9109

Education

MSc in Medicine (cand.med.)

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Mette Aaboe Hansen
Deputy Director

Centre for Medicines Licensing & Pharmacovigilance

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Tel. +45  2281 9555

Education

Master of Laws (cand.jur).

Responsibilities

National scientific advice, EMA project management, international relations and EU collaboration and in charge of the divisions: Quality Assessment & Clinical Trials; Regulatory & Clinical Assessment; and “Pharmacovigilance”.

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Merete Hermann
Deputy Director

Center for Control, Medical Devices & Availability

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Tel. +45 2546 1760

Education

MSc in Pharmacy (cand.pharm.)

Responsibilities

In charge of the divisions: Control & Security of Supply; Medical Devices; and Pharmacoeconomics & Availability. 

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Sara Westengaard
Director of Department

Director General's Office

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Tel. +45 9359 6442

Education

Master of Laws (cand.jur.)

Responsibilities

Executive team services, cross-functional legal tasks, contingency planning, skills and organisational development as well as communication, press relations and information centre.

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Henrik Grosen Nielsen
Director of Department

Economics and processes

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Tel. +45 9359 6442

Education

MSc in Political Science (cand.scient.pol.) and Master of Arts (cand.mag.)

Responsibilities

Finance Act, follow up of expenditures, management audit, economical analyses, quality control, LEAN, management by objectives and operational management.

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Lars Henningsen
Director of Department

IT & Digital Transformation

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Tel. +45 2552 8050

Education

Master of Arts (cand.mag.) 

Responsibilities

Development and execution of the IT & digitalisation strategy, IT project portfolio, IT project management and the quality of IT systems, development tasks, supplier collaboration, contract management, management of outsourced IT tasks and information security. Interactions between the IT systems of the Danish Medicines Agency and the European Medicines Agency. Responsible for assessment and implementation of new technology in the IT area. Development of the Danish Medicines Agency’s digital transformation.

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Jesper Kjær
Director of Department

Data Analytics Center (DAC)

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Tel. +45 5183 4704

Education

MSc in Bioinformatics (cand.scient.bioinformatik)

Responsibilities

Development and operation of the Danish Medicines Agency’s Data Analytics Centre (DAC).

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Nanna Aaby Kruse
Director of Department

Quality Assessment & Clinical Trials

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Tel. +45 4124 9852

Education

MSc in Pharmacy (cand.pharm.)

Responsibilities

Case management, clinical trials, pharmaceutical quality, toxicology and pharmacokinetic evaluation.

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Hanne Lomholt Larsen
Director of Department

Regulatory & Clinical Assessment

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Tel. +45 2421 3443

Education

MSc in Medicine (cand.med.)

Responsibilities

Regulatory and clinical evaluation of veterinary and human medicines in connection with the authorisation of products. Cross-disciplinary tasks in the veterinary medicine and medical fields.

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Line Michan
Director of Department

Pharmacovigilance

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Tel. +45 4488 9535

Education

PhD in Biology and Pharmacology

Responsibilities

Pharmacovigilance at the national and European level. Running of external collaborations on adverse reactions and pharmacovigilance. System owner of the Danish Medicines Agency’s pharmacovigilance system landscape.

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Jeanne Majland
Director of Department

Control & Security of Supply

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Tel. +45 2092 1203

Education

MSc in Pharmacy (cand.pharm.)

Responsibilities

Control of medicines, companies, clinical trials and more. Company authorisations and import and export certificates for medicines and euphoriant substances. Complaints and reports on product quality defects, including the recall of medicines. Compassionate use permits and security of supply.

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Jeppe Larsen
Director of Department

Medical Devices

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Tel. +45 2966 1207

Education

MSc in Management Engineering

Responsibilities

Responsible for the Medical Devices department, including the units Development of Medical Devices, Market Surveillance & User Safety and External Collaboration & Coordination. Implementation of the medical devices regulation (MDR) and the in vitro diagnostic medical devices regulation (IVDR). The register of participants in the medical devices area. Collection of fees on medical devices. Clinical investigation of medical devices. Member of MDCG, HMA MDCG, CAMD. Danish participation in relation to IMDRF, AI and SaMD. Market surveillance and safety monitoring of medical devices.

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Kim Helleberg Madsen
Director of Department

Pharmacoeconomics & Availability

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Tel. +45 4488 9399

Education

MSc in Political Science (cand.scient.pol.)

Responsibilities

The availability of medicines, Medicine Prices, pharmacies, reimbursement and nutritional products, HTA and healthcare professionals’ relationships with the industry

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