Inka Heikkinen is Director of Global Regulatory Policy at MSD. She is the global regulatory/HTA policy lead, specializing in regulatory-HTA interface topics as well as real-world evidence. Within EFPIA, she is a part of the core leadership team for the HTA Regulation, leading the EMA-EU HTA interface topics, focusing on intersection of HTA Regulation and General Pharma Legislation. She is also the lead of the RWE for HTA substream with IEGU and content team lead for EHDS workstream under Digital Health WG. Inka holds a MBA, Master in Health Economics and MSc in Food Policy from different European universities, and more than 12 years of experience in policy in pharmaceutical sector.