# Sonja Optendrenk

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## TL;DR

Impartial chair of Germany's Federal Joint Committee (G-BA), the body that decides which treatments statutory health insurance covers.

## Summary

Dr. Sonja Optendrenk is the impartial chair of the Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (G-BA), Germany's highest decision-making body in statutory health insurance. The G-BA determines benefit coverage and commissions assessments, including early benefit assessments of new cancer drugs under AMNOG, from IQWiG. Her role is regulatory and policy leadership rather than clinical research.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; regulation; health technology assessment
- Role: Impartial Chair (Unparteiische Vorsitzende), Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss
- Specialisms: Health policy; Statutory health insurance benefits; Health technology assessment

## Sources

- Institution profile: https://www.g-ba.de/ueber-den-gba/wer-wir-sind/mitglieder/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss / IQWiG](https://onco.cc/institutions/g-ba-iqwig/)

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