SANKET NEWALE, Head Medical Affairs & Business Compliance, Wockhardt

Sanket has 12+ years of Medical Affairs experience including clinical experience across diversified sectors in Pharma Industry, health care and devices. In his previous roles, Sanket was with Emcure Pharmaceuticals wherein he was Head-Medical Affairs. Prior to Emcure he has worked with Abbott, MSD and Lupin in Medical Affairs. He has a hands on experience in managing large teams and handled therapy areas including Critical Care, Orthopedics, Obs-gyne, Neurology, Psychiatry, Nephrology, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Diabetes.

In his career of over 12+ years in pharma industry, Sanket was responsible for developing & executing Medical strategy, including flagship medical education programs, digital initiatives, consensus statements, global advisory board meetings and global evidence generation projects with a focus on treatment paradigms, and strategies for overcoming barriers to access and optimization of patient outcomes.

Sanket has been significantly involved in building thought leader (TL) advocacy across organizations in India and Global regions and also in developing processes for facilitating the same.  He has been involved in launch excellence with numerous successful launches to his credit in Cardiovascular and Diabetes space- Sacubitril Valsartan, Dulaglutide, Empagliflozin, etc. He is also credited with successfully establishing & driving the Field Based Medical Affairs (MSL) Excellence in the organizations he worked with.

As a part of his responsibility, he has also heads the Compliance Department and has steered the organization to have maximum adherence to regulatory standards providing innovative ways of KOL engagement and evidence generation.

Sanket has over 10+ publications to his credit in various National & International Journals of repute. He has also authored multiple book Chapters.