# Leandro Pinheiro Safatle

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## TL;DR

Director-President of Anvisa, the Brazilian health regulatory agency that authorises medicines, including cancer treatments, for the Brazilian market.

## Summary

Leandro Pinheiro Safatle is Diretor-Presidente of the Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa), Brazil's federal health regulatory agency, created by law 9.782 of January 1999. He heads the agency's Diretoria Colegiada, the collegiate board that takes regulatory decisions on medicines, medical devices and other health products. His official page on the Anvisa site lists him in the role with the contact details of the presidency office.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; regulator; government
- Role: Diretor-Presidente (Director-President) of Anvisa
- Specialisms: Health regulation; Medicines regulation; Public health policy

## Sources

- Source: Anvisa Diretor-Presidente page: https://www.gov.br/anvisa/pt-br/composicao/diretor-presidente

## Connected records

- institutions: [Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária](https://onco.cc/institutions/anvisa/)

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