Dr Vanessa Schaub has been working at Roche for almost 20 years, starting at the German affiliate where she held diverse access and commercial positions. In her current role, she ensures fit for purpose Global HTA strategies to stay ahead of emerging health systems trends and patient needs globally. Since August 2021 she also leads a cross functional Access SQUAD for external and internal EU HTA readiness. Her passion is around working in partnership with internal and external partners to foster rapid, broad and sustainable patient access to Health care innovations. Her team is guiding portfolio-related HTA strategies on the local market level as well as overseeing the implementation of above country level HTA approaches with a current strong focus on EU HTA. A health economist by training, Vanessa has disease area experience in oncology, neurology and respiratory diseases.