Martin Bernhardt

Martin Bernhardt is an Economic and Social Scientist by training, with specialisation in Pharmacoeconomics. He oversees Sanofi’s Global Health public affairs strategy and is responsible for the relations with the World Health Organisation, the Global Fund, and other global institutions.

Before joining the pharmaceutical industry, he led research in Health System Science at the Laboratory of Applied Economics, Geneva University. He is still a lecturer at the Pharmacy School, teaching Health Economics and Politics. He is co-author of “Pour une santé de qualité en Suisse”, Paris, Economica, 2003 (reviewed 2008).

Engaged for the global access to quality healthcare, Martin is Advisory Group’s member and immediate past-chair of the Steering Committee of Access Accelerated, a global partnership working towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal target to reduce premature deaths from NCDs. He is also co-chair of the NCD Alliance Supporters Group and is a member of the Global Fund Private Sector Delegation.