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The Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 15: Pharmacy Student in a Supply Chain Industry Placement with Rhys LlewellynRhys is a final year MPharm student at the University of Birmingham, who has spent 2 terms on the BPSA Executive and completed an Industrial Placement year with GSK. He has accepted a pre-registration year with North Bristol Trust.2020-11-1738 min
The Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 14: Becoming a Medical Science Liaison with Héctor Gálvez GarcíaSince a very young age, Héctor has been passionate about understanding the why of things. That is why he studied Biology and continued on a Masters degree, where he had his first opportunity to have an overview of how the Pharmaceutical Industry works. At that point, he decided to pursue a PhD in Developmental Biology in order to work in Medical Affairs.
After completing his PhD, he had the opportunity to transition into a Marketing department, as a Product Manager, in a large Medical Device company and after this short experience, he moved to a Consulting F...2020-08-1322 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 13: Regulatory Affairs and Quality in Medical Devices with Karandeep Singh BadwalKarandeep studied Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Science at De Montfort University in the UK. It is from this he developed his interest within Quality & Regulatory Affairs and hence went on to study a masters in Pharmaceutical Quality by Design. However, despite his educational background, he went on almost immediately to pursue a Regulatory Affairs & Quality career in Medical Devices. He has worked his way up very quickly and became a contractor Consultant. He managed to achieve this without any formal network or mentors in the industry.2020-07-1527 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 12: From Pharmacovigilance to Leadership Development - Taking the Leap of Faith with Rebecca GodfreyRebecca Godfrey is the founder of Etheo Limited, a Team & Leadership Transformation consultancy, established in 2017 with the aim of ‘Changing the way highly regulated industries operate’.
Rebecca is a scientist by background having completed a PhD in Immunology at the University of Cambridge. Since leaving academic research, Rebecca's career has given her the opportunity to build and develop a successful drug safety consultancy business, work with and lead colleagues from more than 90 countries, live and work abroad and lead organisations and groups in roles ranging from Company Director of a small consultancy to Global Head and Global Direc...2020-06-1040 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 11: Medical Affairs – Translating Science into the Real World Value with Martina LaušMartina Lauš works in the pharmaceutical industry, in Medical Affairs function. She graduated in 2017 as a Master of Pharmacy from the University of Zagreb in Croatia, where she is from.
During her studies, Martina was a Croatian pharmaceutical representative in the international community and is still very passionate about the role of non-profit organisations in healthcare, for which she has won three international recognitions until today. Martina has a big interest is public health and differences among the international healthcare systems, which drew her to build a career in the industry.
Martina started to work for Novartis w...2020-05-1527 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 10: Regulatory Affairs - Connecting all the Dots with Fernanda ManhãesFernanda holds a degree of Industrial Pharmacy from the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil, including a one year exchange in the University of Claude Bernard – Lyon 1 in France. Graduated with a work experience in Research Lab, Hospital Pharmacy and Regulatory Affairs in the pharma industry, she decided to jump back to Europe to follow her career as a Regulatory Affairs Specialist in Italy. After going deep in the Technology topic related to Regulatory Affairs in Germany, she went back to the pharma industry in Switzerland as Regulatory Affairs Manager, focusing on implementing strategy of orphan drugs registration in US an...2020-04-1525 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 9: From Community to Tech: Think long-term when building your career with Donal McConnellDonal McConnell is a Practice Manager of the Consultant Development Program at Veeva Systems in Barcelona. Donal graduated from Pharmacy at Trinity College Dublin in 2010 before qualifying as a pharmacist at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.
While working as a pharmacist he founded PharmaBuddy, used by over 4000 Irish pharmacists, with the purpose of helping community pharmacists share knowledge and educate each other.
His interest in Health IT pulled him in the direction of Veeva where he has held the role of Solution Consultant and now Practice Manager.2020-03-1225 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 8: Project Management in R&D – Finding your Purpose with Janko IgnjatovicJanko Ignjatović holds a Master of Pharmacy degree from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade in Serbia. Upon finishing master studies, he continued his academic and scientific development by enrolling in doctoral studies at the module of Drug Analysis at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Moreover, his curiosity and motivation to contribute to science and healthcare led him to further expand his expertise and professional development within pharmaceutical companies GSK and Novartis. Furthermore, during his postgraduate development he was declared as individual winner of Regional BioCamp, a forum connecting academics and industry in L...2020-02-2031 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 7: From Academia to the Diverse World of Consulting with Andrei BaiceanuAndrei graduated as a pharmacist from the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University for Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca and holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the same university. During his doctoral studies he worked in Paris at the Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, a research hub affiliated with the Sorbonne University, focusing on liver disease pathogenesis (NAFLD, NASH, liver fibrosis). Andrei currently works for one of the Big Four, specialising on the life sciences sector and working on projects with big pharmaceutical companies. His experience is primarily focused on projects in the R&D and Regulatory areas.2019-04-1524 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 6: Life Science and Technology - The Best of both Worlds with Orsi KerekiOrsi is MSc in Biochemical Engineering, with a lot international experience. Growing up in the US, UK and Belgium, as well as being Vice President of IAESTE Hungary (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) helped her both personally and professionally.
Having obtained organisational skills by her contribution to IAESTE Hungary, and scientific background from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Orsi started her career as a Regulatory Affairs Manager for Procter&Gamble in Hungary with focus on registration procedures for cosmetics and household care products on a country level.
Her experience at...2019-03-1521 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 5: R&D Internship in UAE - Bridge between Science and Culture with Stefan GrgicStefan has recently graduated as a Pharmacist in Serbia and is continuing his research project in Dubai, UAE.
In this episode, we talked about his, still ongoing, internship in Dubai at the Research Institute for Health and Medical Sciences. We were discussing his beginnings, his interest in science, him finding the opportunity as well as not only moving abroad, but also moving to a place with completely different culture and life philosophy.
Stefan passionately shared the thrill of working in R&D, especially in Metabolomics and Drug Analysis and Development.
From perspective of...2019-02-2027 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 4: Utilising the Power of Digital to Engage and Educate with Hala JawadHala Jawad, a pharmacist who’s passionate about all things pharmacy! She Has been involved in many other activities outside of a traditional pharmacy career. Hala is the co-founder of “AskHala.com”.
She has tried her hand at some media-related performances, she has worked in a community pharmacy setting and as a GP practice pharmacist. Every role has been different, but equally vital to her learning process. she has developed a special interest in public health and improving patient outcomes. She’s a member of the International Forum for Wellbeing in Pregnancy (IFWIP) advisory board, Associate member for MORPh...2019-01-1526 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 3: Pharmaceutical Science with Stephen MesshamStephen is a Pharmacist on the Future Leaders Programme in Pharmaceutical Science at GSK. After completing a summer placement at AstraZeneca in 2015 Stephen completed a hospital and industry split Pre-Registration Training post at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and GSK in Harlow and registered as a Pharmacist in 2017.
Stephen is currently finishing his first rotation in Materials Science in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain in GSK and will be moving into an Informatics based role in 2019.
We talked about his beginnings, how he got interested working in the pharmaceutical industry, we then focused on internships that he did as a...2018-12-1538 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 2: Regulatory Affairs Internship with Bruno RačkiBruno is a fifth and final year student of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb. He was very active and involved in the work of several student associations such as EPSA and IPSF, but most prominently as a president of Croatian Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry Students' Association (CPSA). During his studies, he lived in Switzerland and worked as an intern in Pharma Technical Regulatory department of F. Hoffmann-La Roche. Empowered by this internship, he returned to Croatia and became the president of CPSA, as well as got involved into organising many new and innovative projects. Being an...2018-11-1626 minThe Pharmadelic ExperienceEp. 1: Clinical Pharmacy, Research and Academia with Vilius SavickasVilius is a clinical pharmacist with a specialist interest in Stroke and Cardiology. He graduated with a Master of Pharmacy degree from Kingston University followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (Hospital) at the University of Kent and a Master of Clinical Research at King’s College London. Vilius is currently pursuing a PhD at the Medway School of Pharmacy (University of Kent) under Prof Alistair Mathie’s, Dr Sukvinder Bhamra’s, Dr Emma Veale’s and Dr Sarah Corlett’s supervision. His research focuses on the public health roles of registered pharmacy professionals in primary care settings. It specifi...2018-10-1438 min