Archives: Speakers

Abhishek has over 14 years of experience in the Healthcare industry, leading digital, business & process departments across Clinical Development & Operations. He has been instrumental in redefining and conceptualizing Planning as a Product and has driven concept designs and delivery for digital Products across Portfolio acceleration, Trial Design, Site Selection, Competitive intelligence, Patient-Centric Solutions, Gen AI, and LLM-based use cases across Drug Development.

• 19 years’ experience in management of international clinical trials in oncology, cardiology, vaccines, infections (Phase I, II & III) in both pharmaceutical company and clinical research organisation setting.
• Highly enthusiastic and motivated individual with good organisational and communication skills.
• Professional, reliable and committed to any task at hand.
• Quality and goal driven individual with unwavering works ethics.
• Confident working within a team and on own initiative.
• Experienced in coordination of global multidisciplinary teams and international clinical teams remotely.
• Flexible working approach, able to cope with changing priorities and perform well under pressure.
• Good coach, mentor for less experience team members.

• Senior leader with more than 25 years in international clinical / medical development and manufacturing technical operations.
• Comprehensive experience in drug development sourcing, contract management, budgeting and financial processes, project / team leadership, and strategic planning in a global environment.
• Successful in complex systems and settings.
• Strong relationship and stakeholder management
• Experienced and effective in business partnering, leading cross-functional projects and initiatives, and cross-cultural collaboration with regional and global teams.

Samantha Reyes is a U.S. Patient Engagement Lead at Sanofi with more than 24 years of experience across multiple therapeutic areas. At the heart of her work is listening to patients and care partners and ensuring their lived experiences and what matters most to them help shape the medicines Sanofi develops. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Cal Poly Pomona and an MBA from California Lutheran University.

Samantha is also an active member of Sanofi’s Childhood Cancer Flagship and a passionate maternal health advocate. Based in Connecticut, Samantha enjoys exploring New England and discovering local food spots with her family.

Jana Buzkova, PhD, serves as the Chief Operating Officer and is a co-founder of NADMED Ltd, a Finnish biotech company. She earned her PhD from the University of Helsinki, focusing on mitochondrial disorders and molecular biomarkers. With a career-long dedication to this field, Dr. Buzkova has contributed to advancing our understanding of these complex disorders. Following the completion of her studies, Dr. Buzkova transitioned into an operational role within the NADMED project, where she played a vital part in facilitating its progression toward commercialization. Her interest in technology commercialization, patenting, and establishing collaboration agreements has been instrumental in NADMED’s successful spinout. In January 2022, Dr. Buzkova, together with three other co-founders, started the spin-out of NADMED Ltd. Since then, NADMED has achieved remarkable milestones. These include obtaining a CE mark for their innovative blood NAD+ and NADH analysis kit, expanding their customers to over 30 countries, and providing NAD measuring support to 15 clinical trials to date. Dr. Buzkova’s dedication to scientific excellence and entrepreneurial vision remains instrumental in guiding NADMED towards its goal of transforming healthcare through inventive diagnostic solutions.