Dr Sabine Pfeffer

Senior Global Program Team Director, Novartis

 Dr. Pfeffer is Global Program Executive Director for the Malaria Flagship program at Novartis and has been with Novartis since 1992 (formerly Sandoz). She joined as a postdoc in drug discovery, in protein crystallography/ biochemistry, moving on through Technical Research & Development/ CMC including Chemical and Pharmaceutical Development to Translational Clinical Oncology in 2011 with a focus on conducting clinical studies in China and building up the project management group in Shanghai. To broaden her late-stage pharmaceutical development experience, she joined as Global Project Management Director on the psoriasis program before she moved to her current position in Global Health in 2017. In addition to her work with the Malaria team, Dr. Pfeffer is currently pursuing an MBA in International Health Management at the Swiss Tropical Institute in Basel, Switzerland.