Keya Lopes

About Keya Lopes

High-performing progressive strategic and operational expertise with 30 years’ pharmaceutical industry experience in leadership, development, and operational implementation of goals/objectives and setting standards in a performance-driven culture, meeting evolving global regulatory requirements and practices governing relevant GxP activities. Strong, thorough understanding of current GxP quality systems, investigational safety and postmarketing processes, and capabilities in optimizing for efficiencies and effectiveness; oversight, administration, and forecasts for departmental budget, outsourcing needs, and capital projects Recognized career accomplishments on GxP as well as non-GxP compliance initiatives; proven success and global experience in facilitating pharmacovigilance/risk management/ sponsor inspections and audits; demonstrated global managerial ability, successfully functioning in a professional team-oriented matrix environment.CHIEF member - 2022 cohort HBA - 2022 Global Board of Directors

Experience

1. Head, Global Safety Operations (Pharma)

   Nestlé Health Science

   Mar 2023 — Present

   Responsible for leading all operational aspects of the Patient Safety and Risk Management, including assurance of compliance, pharmacovigilance system master files, safety systems and analytics, safety information case management and global and local PV system tactical implementation, as well as oversight of all pharmacovigilance vendors performing such functions.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

  Biomedical Sciences - Neuropharmacology coursework

• The Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health

  MPH, Epidemiology

• Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

  BA, General Science