1. Current Status, Position

Katrin Nink is currently Head of Division Oncology (Solid Tumours) and Routine Practice Data Collection, Drug Assessment Department, Institute for Quality and Efficiency in health Care (IQWiG) in Cologne.

2. Education

She obtained a Degree in Pharmacy in 1991 from the University of Bonn and worked in various retail pharmacies. She obtained a Master of Public Health in 1998 from the University of Bielefeld and worked in the area of health-related consumer protection at the North-Rhine Westphalian Consumer Centre from 1998 to 2001. She was subsequently employed by the Research Institute of Germany’s largest statutory health insurance fund, AOK (WIdO), her main focus being on drug utilization research. She joined IQWiG in 2012.

3. Research Area

Her main research area is the evidence-based assessment of drugs, i.e., the early benefit assessment of new drugs at market entry, as well as the assessment of established drugs.

4. Conflict of interest

None