About us
The swiss health quality association (shqa) is "the" provider of training programs for the pharmaceutical, medical technology and diagnostics industries. Shqa was founded in 2006. As a non profit oriented industry association with currently 82 member companies, we embrace lifelong learning – and continuously adapt our educational offerings to the highly agile market environment.
From seminars and training courses to a Federal Diploma of Higher Education
Wherever a person currently stands: We develop their skills and prepare them for the world of tomorrow. Be it with an examination at association level, a Federal Diploma of Higher Education or seminars as well as diploma and certificate courses.
Learn today for the future
Our training and development program reflects the needs and requirements of the market. We pick up on trends and develop tailor-made educational offerings and learning content. Always with a view to the future and practices.
Gained in practice, for use in practice
Our lecturers all come from real-world practices – and leverage their industry expertise to build a bridge to everyday working life. Thanks to our collaboration with member companies, healthcare industry specialists, Swiss Federal Office of Education, Research and Innovation and the Institute for Medical Education of the University of Bern, our educational offer is cutting-edge.
One community – beyond individual organizations
We learn from and with one another: We embrace a community concept to promote learning and dialog outside of our own organization – and facilitate the transfer of knowledge between companies and people. Practical and sustainable.
Office
The Office is responsible for the operational implementation of the business delegated to it by the Board of Directors. The office is managed by the Managing Director, who reports to the Board of Directors, and its Team.
Corinne Wild
Geschäftsführerin shqa
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Carla Roos
Digital Marketing Specialist shqa
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Nicole Morof
Project Coordinator shqa
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Rebecca Siegmann
Project Coordinator shqa
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Pamela Radice
Project Coordinator shqa
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Dr. Ulrike Thull
Strategic realisation officer
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Bord of Directors
The Board of Directors is elected by the General Assembly of the member companies and bears overall responsibility for the management of the association. It is responsible for all business that is not delegated to another body by law or by the Articles of Association. The Board of Directors shall determine which business it delegates to the Office and shall supervise it.
Roman Käser
Präsident shqa, Leiter Business Unit Pharma
Doetsch Grether AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Judith Gembler
Vizepräsidentin shqa, Head Portfolio Enablement & Customer Engagement
Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Andreas Fischer
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Senior National Strategic Key Account Manager
Pfizer AG
Andreas Hostettler
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Chief Operating Officer
Sanopharm AG
Christian Knapp
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Business Unit Director Specialty Care
AbbVie AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Dr. Pierre Köver
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Chief Business Development Officer
Sonic Suisse
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Dr. Anne Le Coz-Iffenecker
Vorstandsmitglied shqa
Emanuel Lorini
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Geschäftsführer
Zur Rose Suisse AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Verena Nitsche
Vorstandsmitglied shqa
Beat Obrist
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Director Digital, Data Analytics & Operations
MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Examination committee Pharma
The Examination Committee Pharma is responsible for the preparation, implementation, monitoring and final assessment of the examinations for Pharma Specialist with federal diploma and Certified Pharma Sales Representative shqa. Among other things, the examination board validates all examination questions (written examination) as well as the examination case and the examination tasks (oral examination) in terms of content and language in the run-up to the examination.
lic. iur. Barbara Schärer
Präsidentin Prüfungskommission Pharma
Obergericht Zürich
Heidi Zbinden
CEO
Spital Lachen
Dr. Elodie Berger
Head Medical Affairs
CSL Vifor Pharma Switzerland SA
Dr. Mirjam Britschgi
Lead Heart Failure, Medical Customer Engagement Partner
Bayer (Schweiz) AG
Dr. Marco Ceppi
Leiter Pharmazeutische Dienste
ZURZACH Care AG
Dr. Philipp Faber
First Line Sales Leader
GlaxoSmithKline AG
Sylvie Lindauer
Key Account & Sales Manager
IBSA Institut Biochimique SA
Marcel Menzi
National Hospital Sales Manager
Orion Pharma AG
Dr. Arnaud Sestier
Associate Director Medical Affairs
Alexion Pharma GmbH
Christa Spitznagel
eMBA, Eidg. dipl. Apothekerin, Quality Manager DACH FvP, Compliance & Lead Market Access Schweiz
Leo Pharmaceutical Products Sarath Ltd.
Dr. Kathrin Stirnemann
Director Medical Customer Engagement
Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Dr. Robert Witschi
Medical Manager Neuroscience
Novartis Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Dr. med. Michael S. Messerli
Oberarzt, Klinik für Geburtshilfe
Universitätsspital Zürich
Lecturers
All our lecturers are active in healthcare - and with their proven industry expertise guarantee the bridge to everyday professional life. Guest speakers from the life science industry complement the course content with examples from their practical experience.
Dr. Christine Aeschlimann
Program Manager Patient Advisory Board
SAKK
Dr. Michael Arzt
Lead Early Medical
Novartis Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Dr. Philine Betz-Werner
Beraterin Marketing, Sales & KAM, Lehrbeauftrage HSG, Geschäftsführerin
Performanice GmbH
Lorenz Borer
Partner
Bluestep AG
Bernhard Bürki
Dr. med. Claude Cao
Head Medical Office Sanamea AG; CEO Medyoo AG
Sanamea AG
Remo Christen
Director Market Access & Health Care Affairs
Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Kaethi Correia Nogueira
Regional Sales Manager
B. Braun Medical AG
Dr. Isabelle Dahinden, PhD, MBA HSG
General Manager
CSL Behring AG
Dr. Mathias Dick
Inhaber + Geschäftsführer
todai GmbH
lic. iur. Reto Dietschi
Trainer, Consultant & Speaker
dConsulting
ehemaliger Direktor der Allianz Schweizer Krankenversicherer & der curafutura
Dominique Durgnat
Sales Director
Fresenius Kabi (Schweiz) AG
Petra Erni Rauch
Consultant
SICOmed AG
Daniela Fábián Masoch
Attorney at Law & Privacy Expert
FABIAN PRIVACY LEGAL GmbH
Regula Felix
Lead of Food, Cosmetic & Medical Device Services
pharma services oehler gmbh
Patrick Fischer
Senior Director Client Solutions
FFI Ventures GmbH
Alex Fuchs
Director Legal & Compliance
Daiichi Sankyo (Schweiz) AG
Pius Gyger
Selbständiger Gesundheitsökonom
Christian Henseler
Leiter Strategischer Einkauf
Zur Rose Suisse AG
Ernst Herzig
Geschäftsführer
Herzig Consulting
Marianne Hochstrasser
Coach, Trainer & Consultant
Hochstrasser Consulting
Julian Hohendorff
Consultant & Coach
JH Consulting & Coaching
PD Dr. Simon Hölzer
CEO
SwissDRG AG
Dr. Jörg Indermitte
Leiter Sektion Arzneimittelaufnahmen
Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG
Dr. med. Peter Indra MPH
Chef Amt für Gesundheit
Gesundheitsdirektion Kanton Zürich
Sandra Jampen
Senior Manager, Tender & Contracts Lead
Moderna Switzerland GmbH
Vanessa Kermer
Head Regulatory Affairs Switzerland
Pfizer AG
Andrea Kern
Texterin & Kommunikations-Profi
Wort & Stil
Dr. Ursula Kienzl
Associate Director Marketing Liver Diseases
Gilead Sciences Switzerland Sàrl
Urs Kohler
Associate Consultant & Partner
Egger Philips & Partner AG
Farid Krieg
Head of Sales
Zentiva
Dr. med. Matthias Langenfeld
Medical Lead Switzerland
Ipsen Pharma Schweiz GmbH
Jochen Luksch
Geschäftsführender Partner / Präsident des Verwaltungsrates
Egger Philips & Partner AG
Dr. pharm. Enea Martinelli
Chefapotheker
Spitäler FMI AG
Ina Meyer
Study & Site Operations (SSO) Country Manager Switzerland
Novartis Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Claudia Miehlke
Geschäftsleitung, Communication Manager
Puls AG | Health Communication
Dr. Anna Katharina Moser
Medical Lead Alpine
Alexion Pharma GmbH
Dr. Joerg Muetze
Head of DACH (Commercial Solutions),
Veeva Systems
Dr. med. Leander Muheim
Stv. medizinischer Leiter mediX zh und Vizepräsident mediX schweiz
MediX Gruppenpraxis
Moritz Müller
Owner & Founder
Sparkling Solutions GmbH
Ernst Niemack
Geschäftsführer
vips - Vereinigung Pharmafirmen in der Schweiz
Marios Ntinis
Pharma Experte
Beat Obrist
Vorstandsmitglied shqa, Director Digital, Data Analytics & Operations
MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG
- Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Marc Philipp
Business Development Manager
swissprofessionalmedia AG
Christian Reist
Trainer, Consultant & Speaker
People Power Training AG
Kaspar Rufibach
Methods, Collaboration, and Outreach (MCO), PD Data & Statistical Sciences
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Dr. Balz Ryf
Senior Market Access Manager
Salmon Pharma GmbH
Dr. med. Eugen Paul Scheidegger
Facharzt FMH für Dermatologie und Allergologie
Allergie & Haut AG
Gründer "OnlineDoctor"
Thomas Schlecht
Leiter Marketing
Biomed AG
lic. iur. Igor Schnyder
lic. iur. Rechtsanwalt, LL.M.
Pharmalex GmbH
Olivier Schorr
Country Medical Affairs Director Switzerland
Gilead Sciences Switzerland Sàrl
Sylvia Schüpbach
Rechtsanwältin und Partnerin
Pharmalex GmbH
Iris Seeholzer
Geschäftsführerin und Seminarleiterin
BTA Business Training Academy GmbH
Dr. Louis-Sebastian Sonntag
Geschäftsführer
Sonntag Lifescience Consulting
Tamara Spichtig-Röthlin
Associate Director Compliance Amgen Switzerland & Germany
Amgen Switzerland AG
Christa Spitznagel
eMBA, Eidg. dipl. Apothekerin, Quality Manager DACH FvP, Compliance & Lead Market Access Schweiz
Leo Pharmaceutical Products Sarath Ltd.
Rosa Stebler
Prozessmanagerin, Prozessentwicklung und Support, Zulassung
Swissmedic
Dr. Kathrin Stirnemann
Director Medical Customer Engagement
Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Kerstin Beatrix Theuerzeit
Digital Lead Western Europe
Sanofi-Aventis (Schweiz) AG
Dr. Ulrike Thull
Strategic realisation officer
swiss health quality association (shqa)
Gabriele Ulmann
Pharmaexpertin
Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG
Diane Uschner
Senior Datenwissenschaftlerin
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Dieter Villiger
Senior Market Access Manager
Bristol-Myers Squibb SA
Caroline Vonder Mühll
Medical Director
Bayer (Schweiz) AG
Martina Weiss
Head Negotiation/Reimbursement, Pharmaceuticals
Helsana Versicherungen AG
Dr. Thomas Wels
CEO
Wels - Omnino Medico
Dr. Andreas Wildi
Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd
Michael Zürcher
General Manager
Swizzard Pharma AG