Christa Wirthumer-hoche

DI Dr Christa Wirthumer-Hoche studied biochemistry and graduated at the Technical University, Vienna in 1981, she did her doctoral thesis at the Institute for Medical Physiology, graduating in 1983. She joined the Austrian National Institute for Quality Control of Drugs in 1983 until May 1998, focusing on the assessment of quality documentation. From June 1998 until December 2005 she was the Head of the Licensing Division for medicinal products, in the Unit for Pharmaceutical Affairs in the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women.