Johanna Seppänen appointed Director of Development and Information Services at Fimea

Johanna Seppänen, PhD, has been elected Director of Fimea’s Information and Development Services unit. Seppänen will start as Director of Information and Development Services on 1 April 2025. Before Fimea, she was the director of Finnish Social and Health Data Permit Authority Findata.

Fimea’s Information and Development Services unit is responsible for developing information management, rational pharmacotherapy and the pharmaceutical sector. The unit produces information on medicines and information products supporting medication safety. It is also responsible for procuring and developing the agency’s information systems and promoting digitalisation. The unit also manages internal information services and project management.