Haifa Ghandour
Diagnostic Strategy & Development at Alexion Pharmaceuticals
- Role
- Global Diagnostic Lead, Associate Director, Strategy & Development at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Haifa Ghandour
PROFILEProfessional scientific leader and manager, with great passion for innovative and cutting edge discoveries. Driven by collaborative team management and organizational partnership to leverage high quality science & technology to develop safe diagnostics & therapeutics and improve health care and overall patient’s care. A supportive mentor, inspiring colleagues to solve problems in productive and stimulating work environment, and implementing excellent leadership and strategic planning to facilitate growth and achieve overall business goals. Specialties: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Vascular Biology, Nutrition, Sleep Medicine, Genomic, Assay development, high-throughput/automation, medical devices, design control, validation/verification, companion diagnostics, liquid biopsy, PCR, NGS, CAP/CLIA, IVD/CE/IVDR.
Experience
Global Diagnostic Lead, Associate Director, Strategy & Development
Jul 2024 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Alexion mission is to transform the lives of people affected by rare diseases and devastating conditions by continuously innovating and creating meaningful value in all that we do. Alexion\'s innovation and expertise in rare disease are driven by a sense of urgency and a relentless quest for answers because lives are at stake. Through research and development we’re building a better tomorrow, every day- Diagnostics (Dx) lead for global program teams focused on rare diseases therapeutic areas including AL-Amyloidosis, ATTR-Cardiomyopathy, Hypophosphatasia, Osteopetrosis and Acromegaly- Mapped out patient journeys and developed diagnostic strategies to advance accurate and faster diagnostics testing to shorten and improve overall diagnostic decisions- Providing oversight of clinical assays integrations into clinical trials and facilitating IVD tests readiness through external Dx partnership to support primary and secondary clinical trial endpoints- Leading global diagnostic commercial strategy to establish Alexion’s diagnostic sponsorship for HPP franchise to broaden patients access to early diagnostics testing and facilitate better treatment management- Evaluating and enabling global strategic partnerships with external diagnostic test providers which can be suitable for the specific country’s health care regulation, diagnostics guidelines and reimbursement plans.
Education
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Master of Science (MSc), Medical Sciences
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology/Biological Sciences
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Medical Sciences
Skills
- Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Assay Development
- High Throughput Screening
- Nextgen
- Dna Sequencing
- Genomics
- Signal Transduction
- Cell Signaling
- Cell Culture
- Cell Biology
- Microbiology
- Sleep Apnea
- Biomarker Discovery
- Biotechnology
- Cell
- Clinical Trials
- Flow Cytometry
- Genetics
- Hplc
- Immunology
- In Vitro
- Lifesciences
- Sequencing
- Life Sciences
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