26th EUFEPS Talks

We want to invite you to the 26th EUFEPS Talks on January 19, 2026 at 4 pm CET.

Jochen Maas will give a talk with the title: "A broader view of health - Human health in an evolving ecosystem".

Abstract:

If we discuss about health in the future, we have to think much broader than in the past. Health of humans depends not only on human medicine with all its progress regarding new technologies, new drugs and new treatment approaches. Other actually often ignored disciplines and their impact on human health will become more and more important: It includes the relationship between animal and human health, the influence of climate change and the role of biodiversity. Consequently we have to be aware that human beings are part of the evolution and not necessarily its crowning glory.

CV of Jochen Maas:

Jochen Maas is retired as General Manager, Research & Development (R&D) at Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, as of summer 2023. In this role, he was based in Frankfurt for more than 10 years. He was a member of the Global R&D Management Board and of the German Management Board (“Geschäftsführung”). He was appointed as head of the German Hub R&D organization in 2012 directly reporting to the global R&D president.

He has huge experience in all phases of the R&D value chain. He started his career in PK more than 20 years ago, then he expanded his responsibilities to preclinical Development, preclinical and clinical Development and Research & Development. Afterwards, he was responsible for Global Research & Development in the Diabetes Division and acted as Vice President R&D Europe at Sanofi-aventis.

Besides his activities at Sanofi and the predecessor-companies, he also holds a professorship in academia and gives lectures in pharmacokinetics and drug delivery systems at the University of Applied Sciences Gießen. He acts as vice president of the House of Pharma and Healthcare and is active member of many scientific committees and consortia.

From his background he is a biologist and veterinarian. He has a doctorate in veterinary medicine including a specification in Radiology. He studied at the Universities of Zurich, Heidelberg and Munich. He is married and has 3 sons.

Registration:

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