Died in May 2022. Since 1999 he was professor for drug application research at the Center for Social Policy at the University of Bremen, head of the “Drug Application Research” working group, university lecturer in the “Public Health/Health Sciences” and “Public Health” courses in the Health Sciences Department. Since 2003, member of the expert council for the assessment of developments in the healthcare system, member of the scientific advisory board of the BZgA, of the BTM Commission of the BfArM, of the Drug Utilization Research Group of the WHO and of various medical and epidemiological societies.