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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has made Virginia Acha its Executive Director of Research Medical and Innovation (RM&I).
She will begin the role in March, reporting to CEO Stephen Whitehead.
Acha is currently Amgen’s Director of Global and Regulatory and R&D Policy for EMEA.
She is also chairwoman of the Pharmacovigilance working group in the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations Biotherapeutics Committee (IFPMA), and Vice-Chair of the European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises (EBE) Biosimilars Task Force, and lead for the EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) Regulatory Network supporting Turkey.
She previously worked in policy development and engagement at Pfizer.
Read Virginia Acha’s interview with our sister site BioPharma-Reporter.com here.