Dr. Caroline Sandström received her PhD in Medical Science from Lund University, Sweden in 2008. She has then worked for Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark for several years as a pharmacologist driving and executing pharmacological plans supporting pre-clinical projects.
Her interest and enthusiasm for project management, continuous improvement, streamlining initiatives and training was then later beneficially used when she moved into the compliance area managing global improvement and training initiatives within R&D Quality Management System (QMS) including Clinical. For example, she was the project manager for implementing the effective use of Root Cause Analysis in Clinical Development activities but also being highly involved in initiatives related to Quality Culture. Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S in Copenhagen, DK. On a daily basis she was involved in discussing, driving compliance and improvement initiatives within both Non-Clinical, Clinical and Pharmacovigilance related activities. She has taken a very active role in contributing to a collaborative and transparent organization where sharing learnings are a main focus area.
From beginning of May 2022, she moved into the position of being Head of the Global Clinical Quality Department being responsible for the QA support of global key stakeholder areas such as Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance and Discovery. Her scientifically driven problem-solving skills are used for implementing global cross-functional initiatives, and for supporting and strengthening the harmonization and quality mindset in the organization.