# Gilles Vassal

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## TL;DR

Gustave Roussy paediatric oncologist and past SIOPE president who leads its oncopolicy work and helped shape European paediatric medicines regulation.

## Summary

Gilles Vassal is a member of the SIOP Europe board responsible for oncopolicy and is Professor of Paediatric Oncology at Gustave Roussy, Villejuif. A former SIOPE president, he has been a leading advocate for the EU Paediatric Regulation and for the ACCELERATE platform to speed access to innovative medicines for children with cancer, and he founded the Innovative Therapies for Children with Cancer (ITCC) consortium.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; paediatric oncology; regulation
- Role: Board member, Oncopolicy
- Specialisms: Paediatric oncology; Paediatric drug development; Oncology policy

## Sources

- Society page: https://siope.eu/about-siope/board/
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Vassal+G%5BAuthor%5D

## Connected records

- companies: [Innovative Therapies for Children with Cancer (ITCC)](https://onco.cc/companies/itcc/)
- institutions: [ACCELERATE](https://onco.cc/institutions/accelerate-platform/), [Gustave Roussy](https://onco.cc/institutions/gustave-roussy/), [SIOP Europe (European Society for Paediatric Oncology)](https://onco.cc/institutions/siop-europe/)
- people: [Nicole Scobie](https://onco.cc/people/nicole-scobie/), [Pamela Kearns](https://onco.cc/people/pamela-kearns/)

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