Simon Kyaga, MD, Phd, MBA, is Global Medical Director, Alzheimer’s Disease, for Europe Canada and Partner Markets (ECP) at BIOGEN and the co-lead for the MAPS focus area working group on Medical Strategy & Launch Excellence. 

Dr. Kyaga has worked in medical affairs positions in different companies spanning from country to regional, and global roles. He completed his doctorate in medicine at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden before pursuing an internship at the Karolinska Hospital, and residency in Psychiatry. He has a doctorate (PhD) in psychiatric epidemiology using large-scale data, and a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD, Paris, France.  

He has a long-standing interest in medical education and previously served as a member of the national board of the Swedish Medical Association, as the scientific secretary of the Swedish Society of Medicine and as medical advisor to the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare before joining the pharmaceutical industry. 

Simon has 20+ years of experience from all aspects of healthcare. Having met more than 10,000 patients in his clinical work, he is passionate about the opportunities of science to bring relief to the patients most in need, and of medical affairs to bring value to healthcare overall.