Astrid Czock, Master of pharmacy and PhD in medicinal chemistry, is the CEO of QualiCCare, a Swiss interprofessional non-profit association, aiming to increase the quality of care for patients with NCDs in primary. As a visiting scientist at the University of the Pacific (UOP), Stockton, CA, USA, she developed substances against colon cancer.

After working for 8yrs as a community pharmacist in Switzerland, she took up the position of Department Head for Science, Education and Quality in pharmaSuisse, the Swiss Pharmacists’ Association. She has been part of an interprofessional expert group of the Swiss cancer league preparing and submitting a national colon cancer screening program.