Tillotts Pharma

Global Head of Medical Affairs Anti-Infectives

IQVIA

Associate Director HMS representing Sunovion Pharmaceuticals

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals

Senior Medical Affairs manager Europe

Celgene

Medical Affairs Manager

IQVIA representing Sunovion

Medical Science Liaison Manager

Pfizer

Part of the Vaccines Medical Affairs Team with responsibility for Switzerland
- Build and manage peer to peer scientific relationships with Key Opinion Leaders and Medical Experts 
- Engage in scientific discussions related to infectious diseases  with Medical Experts, speakers & investigators
- Organise and support Advisory Boards and scientific events
- Partner with Marketing to give medical affairs support

Medical and Scientific Relations Manager Vaccines

EMD Serono, Inc.

EMD Serono, Inc. is the biopharmaceutical subsidiary of Merck KGaA, a global pharmaceutical, chemical and life science company with about 38.000 employees in 67 countries

Develop and manage scientific collaborations with Key Opinion Leaders and Pharmaceutical Companies to develop medications for neurological disorders. Generation of drug development plans from discovery to Proof-of-Concept. Lead drug development programs in a global, cross-disciplinary matrix organization. Search for in-licensing opportunities and participate in due diligence teams. Externalize projects to CROs, academic and industrial partners.
•	Ensured timely delivery of milestone data while keeping within the projected budget. 
•	Skilled in managing and progressing external collaborative relationships according to different strengths of partners and different operational styles

Scientific Liaison & Project Leader

Merck Serono

Identify new targets in the therapeutic area of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Multiple sclerosis. Communication with high management and key stakeholders in order to receive project buy-in and budget. Facilitator during discussions with patient groups. Perform audits and ensure the enforcement of the Quality Management System. 

•	Demonstrated excellent presentation skills at meetings with leadership teams, senior managers and committees to discuss and agree progress, issues and strategies of in-house programs
•	Established strong, long-lasting interactions with medical experts in the filed of neurology
•	Identified and developed concepts for translational readouts to foster clinical development of drug candidates
•	Increase knowledge in the disease mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis

Project Leader / Lab Head

Lab head within the NeuroImmunology team with 3 direct reports
Project team member in ion channel and GPCR target project teams
Setup of cell-based blood-brain barrier models to gain understanding on compound activity at the BBB level
Preparing target proposals and interact in cross-functional team for target validation studies

Merck Serono – Lab Head

University of Würzburg

Research Scientist
Increase knowledge in the disease mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis
Mentor Master, Ph.D. and M.D. students in their field of clinical research

Neurology Clinics, University Würzburg, Germany                                                  04/2007 - 05/2009

Participate in scientific events
Apply for financial support (governmental and private funding)
•	Successfully published in international, peer reviewed journals
•	Presented at scientific conferences
•	Identified funding sources of governmental organizations leading to the funding of two research projects

Postdoc

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Associate
Developing new methods to research the impact of neuronal stem cells on the brain development with focus on the blood-brain barrier laying the foundation to a fully humanized in vitro model of the blood-brain-barrier based on neural stem cells.
Mentor Ph.D. and Master students in their field of basic research
Liaise with academic partner groups
Support the research activities by identifying and applying to grants (NIH)
•	Laying the cornerstone to the development of a fully human in vitro system of the blood-brain barrier
•	Publishing a patent and several peer reviewed articles pioneering the filed of stem cell - blood-brain barrier interaction

Research Assoiciate

Highly skilled medical/scientific expert with long experience in major global pharmaceutical companies and academic organizations. Succeeded in networking with internal and external key stakeholders and medical experts on a worldwide level. Conducted innovative research in the field of neuroscience. Improved understanding of treatment options for Multiple Sclerosis and other immunological and neurodegenerative diseases. Experience in both R&D and Medical Affairs.
Currently leading a large team of Medical Advisers / MSLs with direct line responsibility across Europe

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