
Pedro Lima
Regions Medical Safety Head, Sanofi
Pedro graduated in medicine in 1992 and completed medical residence in gastroenterology in 1996, both at the University of the Estate of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) in Brazil, where he was born and still lives.

James Bell
Associate Director Pharmacovigilance Quality Assurance, AbbVie
James had an unconventional and unplanned entry into the Pharmaceutical Industry.

Bina Patel
Senior Medical Information Specialist
Bina qualified from Portsmouth University as a pharmacist in 2008 and started her career with Lloyds Pharmacy based in London.

Dania Shamil
Senior Pharmacovigilance Regulations Specialist
Dania graduated from the University of London, School of Pharmacy with a Master of Pharmacy Degree in 2010 and registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a qualified pharmacist in 2011.

Karen Pattenden
Previously Senior Director, Drug Safety & Public Health, Gilead Sciences
Karen was responsible for all of the compliance metrics, standard operating procedures, review and interpretation of regulations, inspections, audits and all affiliate support work at Gilead Sciences.

Pawan Rishira
Head of Drug Safety, UK & Ireland, Merck Serono Ltd
Pav and his team, like their counterparts in all pharmaceutical companies, are responsible for ensuring that the benefit-risk profile for all company products remain both positive and favourable.

Raj Basran
Associate Manager, Gilead Sciences
Raj studied for the Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacovigilance with the DSRU. Raj graduated from the University of Leicester with a Master of Molecular Pathology and Toxicology degree in 2004.