Klaus Rose

Dr. Klaus Rose is a medical doctor by training and profession. In the 1990s, after clinical training, he joined the pharmaceutical industry. In 1999 at Novartis in Switzerland, he came across clinical studies in children and was intrigued. His eldest daughter suffered from Sturge-Weber syndrome, which is serious and very rare. Dr. Rose became passionate about "pediatric drug development" and what the European Medicines Agency (EMA) called "Better Medicines for Children." He became global head...See more

Dr. Klaus Rose is a medical doctor by training and profession. In the 1990s, after clinical training, he joined the pharmaceutical industry. In 1999 at Novartis in Switzerland, he came across clinical studies in children and was intrigued. His eldest daughter suffered from Sturge-Weber syndrome, which is serious and very rare. Dr. Rose became passionate about "pediatric drug development" and what the European Medicines Agency (EMA) called "Better Medicines for Children." He became global head pediatrics at Novartis from 2001-2005 and moved to the same position 2005-2009 at Genentech/Roche. After one more year at a regulatory company, he became an independent consultant in 2011. He advises companies on EMA "pediatric investigation plans" (PIPs), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pediatric requests or demands. He detected fundamental flaws in "Pediatric Drug Development" and publishes about this (and more) in peer-reviewed journals and medical textbooks. See less