Yiannis Roufos is the founder of IR-ADVICE, a consulting company offering support to companies involved in the Health Industry. He is a graduate of the School of Pharmacy, of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He earned his Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, IA, USA on drug design and synthesis of molecules acting in the CNS. He was a member of Dr Monroe Wall’s research team at the Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC, USA. Dr Wall was the discoverer of Taxol and Camptothecin molecules and their anticancer activity. From there he moved to Ann Arbor, MI and did research at the PARKE-DAVIS Central Research Laboratories as a member of the Neurochemistry Department. Upon his return to Greece he held positions in the Marketing and Sales Departments of Bristol Myers Squibb (Business Unit Director) and then for 25 years at ELPEN Pharmaceuticals, as Director of North Greece.