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At MSD from 2012 and before worked with comparator sourcing since 2004 at a few wholesalers and a CMO. Started career in product management of medical devices and OTC products. M.Sc. in Engineering in 1995 and proficient in English, German, Italian and Swedish.

After graduating in business management, Thierry Gillard has been involved in logistics and supply management for over 20 years. He made his first step in clinical packaging and distribution in 2007 with a major CMO involved worldwide in clinical supplies management. During 10 years with this CMO, he has been contributing to the set-up of a wide array of clinical studies and packaging designs from phase I manually distributed studies, to large Phase III IRT controlled studies, including supply forecasting and Campaigns management. As a Senior Clinical Supplies Manager for Santhera Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland since 2017, a company specializing in neuro-ophthalmological, neuromuscular und pulmonary conditions, widely relying on external vendors, he is in charge of the selection, qualification and oversight of CMO’s providing clinical packaging, distribution and IRT services.

Nicole Haupt-Drescher, Product Manager, Clinical Trial Supplies & Logistics, Parexel, offers a decade of experience managing the organization’s activities, operations, and performance for clinical supply management. Nicole has been with Parexel since 2010 and graduated from the University of Tubingen, Germany.

Based in the UK, Chris is responsible for global cell & gene therapy logistics. Since joining Biocair in 2002, Chris has demonstrated Biocair’ s unique client-centric approach by leading teams to deliver in a wide range of challenging situations. He helps meet the complex supply chain needs necessary for commercial distribution of FDA approved therapies

BSc in Pharmacy, MSc in Pharmaceutical Industry and Technology, MSc in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Currently studying an Executive MBA. After exploring opportunities in the academia and as community pharmacist I developed my career in the pharmaceutical industry were I have been working for about 12 years, initially in formulation and manufacturing within pharmaceutical development, and during the last 7 years in Clinical Supplies. I have worked for Almirall and AstraZeneca in Spain and for Galderma, Debiopharm and Incyte in Switzerland. I have recently moved back to Spain were I am still working for Incyte within the Global Clinical Supplies group.

Dan Pavitt has worked in Information Technology since 2001 specialising in eClinical Solutions since 2006. A Software Engineer by training, Dan has helped countless clinical teams implement and realise value from a range of eClinical products including Randomisation and Trial Supply Management (RTSM/IRT/IxRS), Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) and Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) tools. Dan has worked for a range of Pharma companies and technology vendors, he joined Medidata in 2019 and is currently responsible for the Rave RTSM Solution in Europe.