How Roche Maximizes the Impact of Patient Insights in Early Development for a Blueprint to De-Risk Molecule Development

Léa Proulx is a scientist by training and has been working at Roche for 10+ years. She's currently working as the Patient Voice Partner within the early Research and Development group. Her role consists of working with Project Team in early clinical research to ensure Patient Communities are an active partner when teams are discussing early development & clinical strategy, taking into account a deeper understanding of patient and caregiver needs. The idea behind this early and systematic partnership is to co-creating innovations and solutions that matter to the Patient Community. She truly believes in having a trustful, long-term partnership and collaboration between patients, industry and other stakeholders where everyone has the opportunity to have their voice heard in order to improve outcomes for patient communities and support shaping the healthcare ecosystem of tomorrow.