Nicolas Creff is the Associate Director for Research partnerships at EFPIA. Within EFPIA's Science Policy and Regulatory Affairs, he is the lead on collaborative research and EU research programmes, in particular Horizon Europe. Nicolas supports and facilitates the active engagement of EFPIA companies in the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) public-private partnership of which EFPIA is a founding member. Nicolas joined EFPIA in 2016. He has over 20 years experience in EU collaborative research and innovation programmes in health.