Boehringer Ingelheim on Collaborations in Clinical Development for Launch Readiness

Candice Fitzgerald – MMedSc, BAppSc Global Head Clinical Development & Operations – Regions Ms Fitzgerald has 20+ year’s experience in clinical operations and medical affairs for various multi-national pharmaceutical and biotech companies (Roche, AstraZeneca, Alexion, Boehringer-Ingelheim) and contract research organisations (CROs). She has held various positions at a Director level in medical affairs / clinical operations managing large teams with responsibilities spanning team leadership, senior management teams, compliance oversight, CRO Functional Service Provider (FSP) model partnerships, cross functional commercial and R&D teams, strategic medical planning, direction, change management and governance. Ms Fitzgerald moved from Australia to Germany with her 4 boys and husband in 2021. Since this time, she has led and been involved in key Medicine Excellence transformation projects with the aim of reducing Clinical Development cycle times and creating highest value for our patients and clinical trial sites. Ms Fitzgerald holds a Master of Medical Science (Drug Development), University of NSW, Australia and a Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Information Management), University of Sydney, Australia.