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Laura Beni has over 15 years’ experience in pharma, CRO and academic setting of which 10+ years in the Clinical Operations. During her career progression she took on more and more responsibilities not solely limited to the Clin Ops.  Currently, she holds the position of Head of Clinical Operations at Cellestia Biotech AG, a privately-owned clinical-stage Biopharma Company located in Basel (Switzerland) whose drug candidate platform is a first-in-class solution targeting orphan cancers.

She is a hospital pharmacist by training and a strong believer that learning is a never-ending process

Leading cross-functional teams within research & development, a Global Project Leader has to control several projects in a matrix organization, to report to steering committees and bring decisions to the highest management board. MERZ class III medical devices are known to improve wrinkles in several body regions. Certain formulations are under life-cycle management; safety and efficacy are to be proven in clinical programs.

I have worked over 34 years in the pharmaceutical industry.  First as a synthetic organic scale-up chemist at Burroughs Welcome and Glaxo Welcome for 13 years, then I joined Glaxo Welcome Clinical Supply Operations team in 1998.  I have managed clinical supplies from small start-up to large pharmaceutical companies and at a large CRO.  Currently I am working for Biogen in the Global Clinical Operations team as their “Manager, Clinical oversight of Supplies” advising on issues with Non-IMP, equipment and ancillary supplies being used in their clinical trials.

 My experience covers ambient, room temperature, and cold chain shipping; sourcing equipment, ancillaries, comparators, co-meds & rescue meds; labels and translations; directly working with vendors, regulatory submission groups, QA groups, and import/export teams.