Rumi Young is the Director of Regulatory Policy at Novo Nordisk, ensuring future growth and innovation by promoting effective biopharmaceutical policies. Previously, she led BD’s Global Regulatory Policy team to shape future policies for medical devices, diagnostics, and combination products. As Assistant Director – Injection Devices at FDA, she managed reviewers and set technical and regulatory expectations for combination products and drug delivery devices. Before FDA, Rumi worked in R&D for a number of years at Genentech and AstraZeneca. She holds a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and Chemical Biology and a Masters in Material Science Engineering from Cornell University.

Ilona Reischl joined the Austrian Agency in March 2006 and is currently an assessor within the clinical trials unit that is responsible for the evaluation of clinical trials with medicinal products and medical devices as well as GCP inspections. Her background is that of a quality assessor of biologics including Advanced Therapy Medicinal products and she is the Austrian member of the European Medicines Agency Biologics Working Party and the Committee for Advanced Therapies. Her regulatory expertise in Clinical Trials, Non-interventional studies, scientific advice and compassionate use procedures reflect a strong interest in the development of biological medicinal products.