Dr. Beate Wieseler is Head of the Department of Drug Assessment at the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen, IQWiG), Germany’s Health Technology Assessment agency. At IQWiG she is responsible for the scientific assessment of pharmaceuticals, the development of assessment methods as well as in the Institute’s collaboration with German and international external parties. Currently, Beate Wieseler also is the Chair of the Methodological and Procedural Guidance Subgroup of the European HTA Coordination Group.