Europe, Middle East & Africa Regional Advisory Council

Virginia (Ginny) has worked in industry and academia throughout her career, combining interests in science policy research and innovation performance within and across organizations. She joined MSD in 2017 and since January 2020 she leads the talented and experienced Global Regulatory Policy and Intelligence team for MSD. Ginny spearheaded regulatory policy initiatives within industry and in MSD to address the COVID-19 imperatives, and to explore how this experience may prove a watershed for development and regulation of medicines for the future. She also Chairs the Advanced Therapeutics working group at IFPMA, and her work has resulted in a number of peer-reviewed publications and invited presentations globally.