Ralf René Reinert is Vice President and Medical Lead of International Developed Markets for the Medical Development Group and Scientific Affairs for Pfizer Vaccines. Ralf René earned his MD from the University of Cologne in Germany. From the early 1990s, his scientific work was focused on streptococcal infections, and he held the position of Head of the German National Reference Center for Streptococci for more than 10 years and worked as a Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Aachen, Germany. Ralf René has published more than 140 publications in peer-reviewed journals and is the editor of 2 books on streptococcal diseases.