Archives: Speakers

Erela Dana BSc, MPhil, is the Director of Neurology at GlobalData based in London. Erela has extensive disease area analysis and forecasting experience coupled with a wide breadth of therapy area expertise drawing from her previous roles. Erela has over 10 years’ experience in pharma, biotech and medical device industries both in-house and in consulting. Her industry experience includes EMA product launching as well as integration of strategic multichannel marketing plans, specializing particularly on novel biologic products including immunotherapies. As part of her prior consultancy engagements Erela has worked on numerous projects at GlobalData as a principal consultant as well as during her time at IQVIA Financial Institution Consulting, Align Strategy and Informa Pharma Consulting focusing on commercial due diligences, market opportunity assessments and new product planning, and investment strategies, including transactional advisory provided to investment professionals. Erela holds a master’s degree (MPhil) in Bioscience Enterprise from University of Cambridge and a BSc in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

Meri is a marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in pioneering digital marketing, digital transformation and content strategy & management, both in B2C and B2B. She is heading the Global B2B Marketing at Valio, specialized in nutrition for all life stages. Together with her team, she helps customers succeed in launching their NPD projects.

Ben Dudley is the Chief Commercial Officer at MMS. He is a seasoned executive with experience gained over a 27-year career in the industry, in both the biopharma and clinical development services sectors. Ben’s deep, broad expertise spans drug development, sales and customer relationship management, operational leadership, and process optimization. His impressive career includes leadership roles at Parexel, Covance and AstraZeneca, where he consistently demonstrated his ability to lead and innovate across various operational, functional, and commercial domains.

Dr. Jia Chen is a Senior Director at Medidata AI, part of Dassault Systèmes. She leads the strategy and growth of embedded-AI solutions for clinical trials. Prior to Medidata, she successfully led the launch of new products serving millions of users and held leadership roles in product management, AI incubators and strategic partnerships at IBM. She was named as one of the top 35 innovators (TR35) by MIT Tech Review, and one of the top 26 tech women innovators at IBM. Dr. Chen received her Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University and holds 45 patents.