
Where to find us
r-connect is based in Basel (Switzerland), the home of some of the largest pharmeceutical companies in the world.




r-connect is based in Basel (Switzerland), the home of some of the largest pharmeceutical companies in the world.
Our address is: | r-connect GmbH Hauensteinstr. 132 4059 Basel Switzerland |
![]() Jörg Ruof, PhD Founder r-connect | Besides my enthusiasm for Market Access and Medical topics, beekeeping has always helped me to r-e-connect to the bare essentials. Bees have a fascinating approach to successful collective decision-making and produce some exceptionally healthy products. This is exactly what a health system should aim to do: optimize collective decision-making and ensure that healthy products are reaching patients. |
Jörg Ruof has a solid educational and academic background (MBA, Edinburgh Business School and Professor of Medicine, Hanover Medical School) and a huge amount of work experience in various clinical, academic, and industrial environments. Key milestones in his career are:
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![]() Sonja Merkesdal Associate r-connect | In 2019, Sonja Merkesdal joined r-connect. Sonja’s vast experience in medical writing, her in depth knowledge of methodological and statistical approaches and her passion for patient centric Health Technology Assessment are an ideal fit with r-connect's aims and focus. |
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![]() Charles Piwko President CHP Pharma | To run global projects, r-connect, Basel, Switzerland and CHP Pharma, Toronto, Canada have ventured into a strategic partnership. |
Charles Piwko holds a Pharmacy Doctor degree, a PhD in Pharmacology, and a MSc in Health Administration. He performed his Master Thesis at the University of Toronto and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from 2002-2005 and was previously Manager of Pharmacy 12 in Zurich, Switzerland from 1996-2001. From 1994-1996 he held a position in the Department of Preclinical CNS-Pharmacology at Novartis Pharma AG in Basel. |
![]() | Contact us for more information: info@r-connect.org |




