Philipp is Managing Partner and one of 2 co-founders of admedicum Business for Patients, European experts in patient engagements and patient access. In this function and as a father to a 20-year old daughter living with the rare genetic disease CDKL5 he has been passionately advocating for involving the patient view in research & development since many years. He is a member of the patient expert pool of the European Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). While working with patients and patient organizations every day Philipp has gone through a 20 year long international management career with Grünenthal GmbH in Europe, USA and Latin America, being closely involved in many clinical development programs. He is a lawyer by training, registered at the bar of Cologne, Germany.