Heiner C. Bucher MD, MPH

Heiner C. Bucher is the director of the Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, a University of Basel associated academic institution. He has been involved and initiated a multitude of studies using real world evidence data. He has stimulated HTA methodology by introducing the first indirect comparison method. His research activities involve the use of routinely collected large scale data and large (multi)cohort studies to address patient relevant outcomes on drug effectiveness and safety in a real world setting. More recently has used routinely collected data to implement large-scale nested pragmatic randomized controlled trials to evaluate health care interventions at the population level.