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Angela McFarlane

Vice President, Strategic Planning, Northern Europe - IQVIA


Angela McFarlane

Angela is Senior Market Development Director for IQVIA, a human data sciences company formed through the 2016 merger of IMS Health and Quintiles. She works with UK Government, the NHS, the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry, and Patient Organisations on pioneering collaborations that will improve NHS patient access to clinical trials, RWE studies, and innovative medicines.

Angela is leading IQVIA initiatives to support several COVID-19 Government-Industry partnerships such as the ONS COVID Infection Surveillance program. She is working on wider programs to increase global pharma and biotech research investment in the UK as the UK research ecosystem introduces new streamlined solutions to accelerate medicines drug discovery, licensing, funding and access, to capitalize on the regulatory freedoms the UK has now it has left the EU bloc. (10) IQVIA – Past, Present, and Future Virtual Fireside Conversation.YouTube; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-mhra-innovative-licensing-and-access-pathway-is-open-for-business)

Angela was nominated by Pharmaceutical Marketing Europe as one of the 30 most influential women in UK Healthcare and appointed by NHSE’s Chief Scientific Officer to be an Ambassador for Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/wise-ambassadors/.

Angela McFarlane

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