Prof. Getov graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Medical University Sofia in 1988 and since 2013 is full time Professor. His PhD dissertation is entitled: "Pharmacoepidemiological studies on the use of antibiotics and psychotropic drugs." He has post-graduated specialties in Clinical Pharmacy and Hospital Pharmacy. Prof. Getov gives lectures and practical trainings for students, PhD students and post-graduate specialists in "Social Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Legislation", "Clinical Pharmacy", "Pharmacoepidemiology", "Hospital Pharmacy", "Clinical trials regulation" in Bulgarian and English. Prof. Getov's research work and contributions are in the following areas of pharmaceutical and/or medical science and practice: Pharmacovigilance, Pharmaceutical and drug regulation, Clinical pharmacy, Pharmacoepidemiology, Clinical trials. He is the author of more than 200 publications, 15 textbooks, 18 monographs and chapters of monographs with over 500 citations in indexed journals in J. Citation Reports by Clarivate, Scopus by Elsevier, Web of science by Clavirate, Google scholar and others; h-index 12; i10-index 16. Participant and/or leader of 8 research projects. Expertise – Chairman of Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union; First Vice President of the PGEU /Pharmaceutical Group of the EU/; Chairman of the HTA Commission in Bulgaria; Member of the CHMP/EMA from Bulgaria; Chair of the Drug Prices & Reimbursement Council; Deputy minister of Health.