DR. SHAHINAZ BADR

Shahinaz, pharmacist with more than 20 years’ experience in pharmacy and pharmaceutical business, currently working as Pharmacovigilance Quality auditor for companies in the EMEA region. Started her career as a clinical pharmacist in Cairo University Medical School Teaching Hospital integrating with top HCPs of different specialties in interdisciplinary healthcare systems, where safety monitoring was always […]

DR. VIVIAN RAKUOMI

Vivian Rakuomi is a Pharmacovigilance and Health system strengthening pharmacist with over 14 years of experience working in both public and private sector of health care in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Currently he is a Senior Technical Advisor-Regulatory System Strengthening, with the MTaPS program within the Management Sciences for Health (MSH). He has provided technical […]

DR. SISAY ENDALE BIRU (B.Pharm,BA MSC.)

Sisay Endale Biru is an academician and researcher at Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Ethiopia. He completed his Bachelor of Pharmacy from Addis Ababa University and Master of Sciences in Regulatory Affairs (Medicine Regulation Track) from the same university.   He also graduated from Admas University with a bachelor’s degree […]

Dr. MANAL M. YOUNUS

Dr Manal Younus is currently the head of Iraqi Pharmacovigilance Center based in MOH. Manal is a pharmacist with a Ph.D. in Clinical Pharmacy. Key achievements include the establishment and the expansion of the Iraqi pharmacovigilance system. Represent Iraq in the WHO international drug monitoring program (PIDM). She is an International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) […]

MR. GEORGE SABBLAH

George is a pharmacist by profession and had a Master degree in Public Health from the University of Ghana and a certificate in Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Groningen where his thesis is focused on patients’ contribution to pharmacovigilance […]

MR. SEÁN BURKE

18 years working in pharmacovigilance, of which 10 have been as a director of pharmacovigilance for the affiliates at MSD. In his current role, Sean provides pharmacovigilance support to primarily the Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. Mr. Sean supports in the development of local PSMF’s at MSD, which are legislatively required or requested […]

MS. ANASTACIA NAIDOO

Anastacia Naidoo holds a MSc Pharmacotherapy degree and is employed at MSD South Africa as the Pharmacovigilance Country Lead for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.   In her role at MSD, Anastacia is responsible for all local PV activities related to the 27 African countries under her responsibility.  Anastacia has over a decade of PV […]

MR. LAZARE NTIRENGANYA

He is the Division Manager for Pharmacovigilance and safety monitoring division at Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA). He is a holder of bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from National University of Rwanda and master’s degree in Public Health Methodology from Université Libre de Bruxelles/Belgium. Currently, he Heads a division at Rwanda FDA that includes […]

MS. HELA BEN SOLTANA

She is a pharmacist, that graduated from University of Pharmacy in Tunisia and also holds a master’s degree in marketing Intelligence and Strategic Monitoring.   Prior to joining Bausch and Lomb, she worked for several companies in pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs sectors (AbbVie, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi Pasteur).   Ms. Hela also has regulatory experience […]

MR. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DELUMEAU MD, PhD, FISoP,

Jean-Christophe Delumeau, a member of the Scientific Board of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), graduated in medicine and neuropharmacology from universities of Rennes and Sorbonne (Paris). After medical residency, he completed a research program in intracellular signalling at the National Institute of Medical Research (Inserm, France), then moved to clinical research in healthcare companies […]