Prof. Yazed S. AlRuthia is Professor of Health Policy and Pharmacoeconomics and Director of the Pharmacoeconomics Research Unit at King Saud University College of Pharmacy in Riyadh. He completed his Bachelor degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences at King Saud University in 2007, earned his Pharm D from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston in 2011, and obtained his PhD in Health Outcomes and Policy with an emphasis on Pharmacoeconomics from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2015. He is an active researcher and has published more than 100 research articles since returning to Saudi Arabia. He also serves as Vice President of the Saudi Regional ISPOR Chapter.