Pharma MedComms World Europe 2011- Speaker list

Keith Allan is currently Head of Global Product Advocacy for Novartis based in Basel, Switzerland. This position is aligned to the Market Access needs for Novartis products, and is involved in creating sustainable partnerships with influential stakeholders -...

Lillian Auberson created and heads the Global Medical Information department at Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Headquarters in Allschwil, Switzerland. She leads a team of 9 people who are responsible for the preparation of Global Response Documents, global quality...

Brian Butler, Managing Director, lines2take, formerly Director of Communications, The British Government Brian Butler, Managing Director of lines2take has many years’ top-level experience in communications. Brian, a former journalist, broadcaster and media...

Ross works as a Government Affairs Manager in the pharmaceutical industry. He is a qualified pharmacist, elected NHS Foundation Trust Governor and is a senior policy analyst and author on the Bow Group think tank’s Health & Education Policy Committee. Ross has...

Georgina is Co lead of the NHS Alliance’s Patient and Public Involvement Network – a network of likeminded organisations and individuals who work together to create a responsive health care service. Georgina also heads up the NHS Alliance’s Pharmacy Commissioning...

Martin Delahunty is Associate Director for Nature Publishing Group's (NPG) Academic Journals and Pharma Solutions Divisions. At NPG, he is responsible for the business and strategic development of a European and North American portfolio of peer-reviewed journals many...

Simon Denegri joined AMRC as its Chief Executive in February 2006. Previously, Simon had been Director of Corporate Communications at the Royal College of Physicians of London from 2003. He was Assistant Chief Executive at the Alzheimer’s Society (UK) from 2002 to...

Terry Dex, PharmD, Sr. Director, Independent Medical Education, Diabetes with 12 years of experience in clinical research and 11 years of experience in independent medical education has worked on both the pharmaceutical as well as the OTC sides of the business at...

Gary Evoniuk is currently Director of Medical Communications Quality and Compliance at GlaxoSmithKline where he is responsible for embedding and maintaining publication standards and practices for compounds in clinical development. Prior to his current position he was ...

Dr. Ramin Farhood is the Senior Director of Global Clinical and Medical Affairs at Baxter BioScience. Since joining Baxter in 2001, Dr. Farhood has served in a variety of Medical Affairs functions within the BioScience BioTherapeutics group. In his current role, he...

Paula has over ten years of experience in medical communications in roles reaching across the marketing medical divide. Following her pharmacy studies at Trinity College Dublin, she complete postgraduate studies in business and global marketing at Smurfit Business...

Juan García Burgos: Section Head for Public Information and Stakeholder Networking in Medical Information. Education: Qualified Medical Doctor from the University of Autonoma in Madrid, specialised in urology. Career to date: Juan worked as an urologist surgeon at...

John is a UK registered pharmacist who spent the first part of his career in academia, completing his PhD in neuroscience and subsequently lecturing in pharmacology. For the past 25 years he has worked in the publishing, healthcare agency and industry environments. He ...

Tom is currently Publications Director at AstraZeneca, where he manages a group of Global Publications Managers in the Company's Clinical Department. Prior to this, Tom worked as a Global Publications Manager on several projects in neuroscience and oncology for around...

Qualifications: MBBS, MRCPsych I have worked at the BMJ (British Medical Journal, bmj.com) for more than 20 years, after studying medicine and psychiatry. As well as writing, editing, and blogging I lead the BMJ’s research team and outreach programme, and develop...

Patrick is Director of Market Access and External Affairs at Bristol Myers Squibb UK. In his role Patrick leads the key market access functions including Government affairs, Communications, Pricing, HTA and Field Access. He represents BMS in a number of Industry...

Fredrik Lindén has a Master of Science in International Business Administration from the University of Lund, this included studies at ESCP, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. After the studies he did a traineeship at IBM and during nearly seven years with IBM he...

Joana Mesquita is a Medical Science Liaison, integrated in the Medical Department of Novartis Pharma in Portugal. She is a pharmacist graduated from the Pharmacy Faculty of the Lisbon University in 1993. Has over 10 years experience as a Clinical Research Associate...

Gabriele is currently responsible for Patient and Nurse Communication within the Medical Affairs department at Biogen Idec in Germany. Biogen Idec uses cutting-edge science to discover, develop, manufacture and market therapies for the treatment of serious diseases...

Peter is a former research microbiologist with special interest in infectious diseases and biotechnology. He spent around 22 years in academia working with bio- and pharma industries and developed several training courses for scientists to enable technology...

Dr. Emma Pennery is Clinical Director at the national charity Breast Cancer Care. Prior to this she worked as a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, Honorary Lecturer and Clinical Research Fellow at The Royal Marsden Hospital and The Institute of Cancer Research for eight ...

Cheya Pope is the Senior Director of Patient Navigation for Sanofi’s Global Oncology Division, where she spearheads the Division’s outreach to global non-profit cancer organizations and patient advocates, and provides counsel to internal stakeholders on key advocacy...

Eugene Pozniak is Managing Director of Siyemi Learning and Programme Director of the European CME Forum. Following his degree in chemistry, Eugene spent 12 years working in a variety of positions in the pharmaceutical industry, advertising and medical communications...

DK Theo Raynor, PhD, MRPharmS became inaugural Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Leeds in 2000, after 20 years in hospital pharmacy practice. His research focuses on the effective delivery of medicines information for patients, in the context of a...

Debbie Rodbard is the CancerHelp UK Clinical Trials Database Manager. CancerHelp UK is the patient information site of Cancer Research UK. Debbie is a specialist oncology nurse with experience in different aspects of cancer nursing, including haematology, outpatient...

John qualified from the University of Sheffield in 1975 and, after training in hospital medicine, entered General Practice in 1980. He became a part time lecturer at the University of Manchester in 1994 and in 2002 was appointed Director of E-learning in Health ain the ...

BSc Pharmacology :St Andrews PhD: Dundee Ten years basic research – mainly on antiarrhythmics (Glaxo). Extensive clinical trials experience – designing and implementing studies from Phase II to IV in hypertension, asthma, dementia (Glaxo, Allen and Hanburys) I...

Madeleine Schaffer finished her studies at the International Management Center Krems with focus on business and congress tourism. She started her career in the area of event marketing working for the French Publicis group, quickly rising to leader senior manager in the ...

Søren Skovlund is director of global patient research, advocacy and support in Novo Nordisk and oversees the global DAWN (Diabetes Attitudes Wishes & Needs) study led by Novo Nordisk. Søren Skovlund has university degrees in neurobiology and psychology and 15 years...

After a short stint in marketing of medical robotics I have spent the last fifteen years in Pfizer. I am currently the Head of Healthcare Strategy for Pfizer UK and sit on the leadership team of the Customer Access directorate. With the Healthcare Strategy Managers...

Michaela has overall editorial responsibility for BioMed Central's publishing activity, including editorial oversight of the BMC-series journals. She is responsible for the in-house editorial management of a group of journals publishing broad-interest research articles ...

Lisa Valtierra has been in patient advocacy since 1996 when she worked in the non-profit sector advocating for women living with HIV/AIDS. She has worked at UCLA and Abbott Labs in the HIV field and since coming to Boehringer Ingelheim in 2008 she has worked in...

Emma Veitch graduated in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 1996, and subsequently moved to London to do a Ph.D in developmental biology at King's College London. Her work at King's focused on the role of neural crest cells in the development of...

Keith obtained a Biochemistry degree and PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and then spent twelve years doing post-doc research on mitochondria, the last ten in a research institute in Brussels. He then worked as Publication Manager in two of the world's...

Organisation : Novartis European Public Affairs, Brussels Function : Director EU Public Affairs Max von Olenhusen has worked as a Legal Advisor and Policy Counsel for Novartis European Public Affairs in Brussels since 2007. His main responsibilities are in the area...

Ina graduated from medical school in Frankfurt with an MD and a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology. She is an expert of the pharmaceutical industry with over 15 years of international experience in clinical research and marketing at senior management and executive levels. ...

Joining Pfizer in 2008, Ruth develops strategic partnerships with patient advocacy groups, resulting in co-designed innovative new programmes which will deliver patient care. Partnerships which are integrated and comprehensive, demonstrating that Pfizer offers value...

Wendy Woods-Williams has more than 15 years experience in healthcare and consumer public relations in corporate and consultancy roles. Wendy specializes in global and pan European pharmaceutical communications, including strategic planning, product external and...

Louise Wyhopen is Associate Director Scientific Communications in Global Scientific Affairs at Novartis Oncology. Since entering the pharmaceutical industry over 10 years ago, she has had the opportunity to experience diverse roles in various therapeutic areas...

Alexandra wyke is the founder and ceo of patientview, which was formed in 2000. From 1996 tro April 2000, Alexandra Wyke was responsible for creating and running a successful International healthcare publishing unit at the Economist Intelligence Unit. Between 1983 and...

JULIE ANNE A. ZAWISZA is the Director of the Office of Communications in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Ms. Zawisza oversees CDER’s public outreach and communications programs for prescription and...