Join us in Brussels for our next Women’s Life Sciences Network event on the occasion of the EU Pharmaceutical Law Forum. The event will feature a moderated discussion with Ruta Janeckaite, European Commission, on the New EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation. Topics will include:
- The status of the Commission’s preparation and tasks ahead
- Regulatory opportunities
- Industry implementation path
A Q&A session will follow the moderated discussion.
Dr. Ruta Janeckaite, PhD
Legal Officer
European Commission
Ruta is a Lithuanian lawyer and graduate of the Vilnius University Faculty of Law. Since 2003, she has been working in the field of EU and EEA law. Ruta worked in the European Law Department of the Ministry of Justice of Lithuania from 2003 to 2013, in the EFTA Surveillance Authority from 2013 to 2020, and at the European Commission since 2020. Currently, she is part of the DG SANTE health technology assessment team, which is responsible for dealing with legal issues relating to the implementation and application of Regulation (EU) 2021/2282, created to standardize health technology assessments (HTAs) across the EU.
In January 2022, Ruta was accorded a doctorate degree by Vilnius University for her dissertation, “The impact of the EU internal market freedoms and competition rules on the organisation and regulation of the Lithuanian system of health protection.”
For more information, please contact Cristina Menendez Ruiz at +32 2 504 6453 or at cmenendezruiz@sidley.com.
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