Carla Hollak

Carla Hollak, internist for inborn errors of metabolism, at Amsterdam University Medical Centers, is UvA professor of “Medicines and Society”. Carla started the adult metabolism department over the past 20 years and was at the basis of the expertise center for inborn errors of metabolism recognized by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and the platform "Medicijn voor de Maatschappij" (www.medicinevoordemaatschappij.nl), founded in 2019. This initiative has now grown nationally into the RARE-NL i.o. foundation to improve access to medicines for patients with rare diseases and to stimulate academy-driven drug development. She is, among other things, a member of the Package Advisory Committee of the Healthcare Institute and is involved in various initiatives in the field of drug development and appropriate use.