On 12 July 2017, the Healthcare and Life Sciences team of FTI Consulting’s Brussels office hosted an event entitled, “Brexit and Life Sciences: Intensive Care Needed?”, bringing together experts from the UK and Brussels to discuss the impact of Brexit on the healthcare sector and what it means for businesses on both sides of the channel. The panel was moderated by FTI Consulting’s Patricia Hewitt, who previously served as the UK Secretary of State for Health. Speakers included Mike Bewick, a senior clinical advisor to the Healthcare Solutions team at
FTI Consulting, and former Deputy Medical Director of NHS England, Elizabeth Kuiper, Director for European Affairs at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), David Earnshaw, head Public Policy Europe & Canada at MSD, and Gian Marco Currado, the social and environment counsellor, overseeing a wide range of areas, including healthcare, at the UK’s Permanent Representation to the EU (UKREP).