Sanja joined BioMarin in March 2022 from Hoffmann La Roche where she served as Global Patient Partnership Head. In this role she developed industry-leading, end-to-end patient-inclusive strategy and an organizational model based on trustful and mutually beneficial relations with Patient Organizations across the globe.

Prior to joining Roche, Sanja served as EUCAN Region Advocacy & Integrated Care Head in Takeda where her focus was on embedding an industry-leading patient centric strategy and co-creating evidence-based digital solutions.

She first entered the world of patient engagement in 2012 when she became European Patient Advocacy Head at Novartis Pharma. Since then, Sanja has been involved in the advancing the practice of patient engagement through her membership of the Executive Committees of numerous organizations like PFMD and the European Federation Pharmaceutical Industry Association’s Patient Think Tank.*

In her over 20 years’ experience in Pharma, Sanja also held numerous leadership, commercial and corporate roles including organizational strategy and therapeutic area franchise accountabilities. 

Sanja received a Degree in Pharmacy (PharmD) from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University in Milan, Italy, and completed her MBA at Bocconi Business School in Milan, Italy. She is also certified Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma Methodology. 

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