Tomas Salmonson, PhD, M.Sc.

Dr. Tomas Salmonson has deep expertise in pharmacokinetics, bioequivalence, clinical trial methodology, clinical drug development and regulatory affairs and is currently partner at Consilium Salmonson & Hemmings. He left the Medical Products Agency in February 2019 after more than 30 years at the Swedish agency and the European regulatory network. He chaired the CHMP at the EMA between 2012 and 2018. Before that he was a member of CHMP representing Sweden between 1999 and 2012. During his last 10 years there, he also represented the EU at the ICH Steering /Management Committee and the ICH Assembly. Salmonson obtained his Ph.D. from Faculty of Medicine Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden and an M.Sc. from Uppsala University. He did postgraduate research at the University of California in San Francisco in the mid-80s.

Salmonson has published over 60 publications in different areas including pharmacokinetics and regulatory affairs. In 2016, he received the DIA Outstanding Contribution to Health Award, the Pharmacist of the Year in Sweden in 2017 and the TOPRA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.