Rainer Becker European Commission
Rainer Becker is Director for Medical Products and Innovation at the European Commission’s DG for Health and Food Safety. He is responsible for legislation and policies on human and veterinary medicines, medical devices and innovation. His directorate, amongst others, leads the Commission’s work on the revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation, the availability of medicines, the targeted evaluation of the medical devices regulations and clinical trials. Prior to his current position, Rainer, amongst others, was in charge of antitrust enforcement in the area of pharmaceuticals and health in the Commission’s DG Competition.