Isabelle Huys

Affiliation: 

KU Leuven

Country: 

Belgium

1. Current Status, Position

Isabelle Huys, pharmacist (1999, KU Leuven) and doctor in pharmaceutical sciences (KU Leuven, 2004) with further specialization in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and regulatory sciences (LL.M. in IPR, Max-Planck-Institute, Munich) is full-time professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences as well as member of the Center for IT & Intellectual Property IT law (CiTiP) of KU Leuven.

2. Education

  • Pharmacist (1999, KU Leuven);
  • Doctor in pharmaceutical sciences (KU Leuven, 2004).

3. Research Area

The research program focuses on all types of medicinal products (small molecules, biologicals, advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs)). Off-patent strategies of biological products and market access of biosimilar products and regulatory policies influencing the introduction of biosimilars on the market form part of the research program. Legal strategies used in biobanks and legal mechanisms of access to biological samples and data stored biobanks are investigated as well.

4. Conflict of interest: none