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Sara Mohamed Abdel Khalek

Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist Serving Middle East & GCC at Amico Group

Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist Serving Middle East & GCCFull Time

    Amico Group

    Jan 2022 - Present -3 yrs, 5 months

    • Job Details:▪ Main Responsibilities include: - Understanding the registration requirements for several countries. - Requesting suppliers to provide different documents required for the registration. - Feeding the different governmental systems with the required registration information and uploading needed documents. - Understanding the Comments received from the Authorities on any registration and passing it to the supplier in an easy understandable manner. - Attending Conference calls with suppliers, prioritizing the requirements, conveying the needed tasks in an understandable manner. - Maintaining the Archive system. - Ability to bridge the communications between Authorities/our local agents in the countries with the suppliers. - Follow the internal regulations in Amico. - Other regulatory activities such as classification, prequalification. - Communicating with the legal department in Amico for all legal concerns. - Close follow up for all pending issues - Preparing reports related to the progress of work.
  • Consultant Regulatory Affairs Associate - MENAFull Time

    Stada Egypt

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 -1 yr, 11 months

    • Job Details:▪ Main Responsibilities include: ▪ Governance of dossiers’ technical aspects based on the knowledge for existing & emerging regulations. ▪ Validate registration dossiers to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines. ▪ Compile, Prepare, submit and acquire approval for registration dossiers supporting various regulatory activities including submission and maintenance of marketing authorization (new registration & renewal applications), submission of variations (Labeling & CMC), submission and maintenance of relevant licenses (to import, store and distribute medicinal products) across MENA markets. ▪ Maintain & archive technical documentation, databases, or systems. ▪ Develop internal and external communication channels with different stakeholders to support regulatory projects. ▪ Provide needed regulatory support & advice to different departments: marketing, supply chain, commercial, medical, Pharmacovigilance…etc. ▪ Analyze, prepare, and respond to queries raised by Health Authorities. ▪ Coordinate, create, translate & proofread packaging materials, product information leaflets, and summary of product characteristics in local language as needed. ▪ Maintain contacts with relevant key personnel in local Regulatory Authorities, local representatives, partner companies, and company affiliates. ▪ Analyze, assess and report changes in the regulation guidelines and ensure its communication to relevant stakeholders & implementation in company policies and procedures. ▪ Ensure compliance with local health authorities’ regulation, company policies & procedures. ▪ Maintain knowledge of company products.
  • Regulatory coordinator - PGSFull Time

    Pfizer

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2020 -4 yrs, 11 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:▪ Main Responsibilities include: Regulatory strategy development & Implementation for Human pharmaceutical products: ▪ Executes the agreed plans by coordinating dossiers submission within planned timelines for renewals. ▪Handle re-registration process with health authorities for locally manufactured products to secure successful continuation of products in the market. ▪ Maintain licenses (e.g. Marketing Authorizations) in compliance with local regulations by ensuring that corporate regulatory processes, SOP’s and systems are followed ensuring training in P2L and PLS are completed 100% (systems and procedures). ▪ Handle any changes in (manufacturing ingredients, packaging materials, artwork, storage conditions & suppliers) with MoH & taking the necessary actions to assure compliance with health authorities, for example: leaflet/packs updates, pack/composition/adding supplier variations submission & implementation). ▪Handle stability/dissolution/bioequivalence studies submissions to MoH to assure compliance. ▪ Manage the completion of Lifecycle (LC) submissions and approvals as per established Regulatory performance metrics ▪ Ensure submitted product documents will fully meet the local regulatory & perform follow-up with the regulatory authority during submission review and ensure all questions /requests are provided/clarified within due time to ensure timely approval of product. ▪ Maintain compliance (GDMS, EPALM, PEARL, CMC change control, product labelling, etc.) at 100%. Archive and maintain regulatory related records according to local, global SOP’s ▪ Develop strong partnerships with in-country (e.g. Country Strategists, Submission and labeling/artwork Hubs, WSR-Team) to facilitate the development and implementation of registration strategies to expedite the renewal of products and life-cycle optimization. ▪ Ensure all regulatory activities for assigned products are executed effectively & efficiently in compliance with external regulatory requirements & internal quality procedures. ▪ Develop effective relationships with local & global internal partners.
  • Regulatory Affairs SupervisorFull Time

    Rameda

    Jan 2012 - Dec 2015 -3 yrs, 11 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:▪ Main Responsibilities include: Regulatory strategy development & Implementation for wide range of products: Human pharmaceutical, Nutritional products, Veterinary products, Cosmeceuticals, Cosmetics products, Medical devices. ▪ Managing preparing & submitting all types of registration files for all types of products, according to the guidelines at different MOH divisions including CAPA, NODCAR. ▪ Set preparing the regulatory affairs time plan & outlining the time limits for granting the registration license of each product submitted for registration. ▪ Follow up the company’s factory for preparing technical data for registration files & submitting them at MOH. ▪ Preparing scientific reports & files for scientific specialized committee submission. ▪ Follow up the legalized centers for conducting the studies required for every registration stage, either clinical or bioequivalence studies & submitting them to the relevant committees. ▪ Follow up the products registration procedure, and submission to different committees (Pricing, stability, pharmacology, scientific specialized committees and so on. ▪ Preparing leaflets for the products follow up submission to pharmacology committee. ▪ Follow up & submission of any newly requested data upon file revision or upon committee submission & follow up for final decisions. ▪ Receiving all documents, decisions, & licenses for the products & resending them to the relevant parties at the company. ▪ Follow up the factory for preparing the bioequivalence Pilot batches after granting the registration license, prepare for conducting the study in a legalized center. Sara M. Abdel-Khalek – Mar. 2023 Page 3 ▪ Follow up the registration analysis files at NODCAR, sending the reports to the factory if any missing data is requested by NODCAR until granting NODCAR conformity reports. ▪ Submitting new molecules every month at CAPA. ▪ Follow up the samples sent to NODCAR (finished products), for inspection or random samples till granting NODCAR conformity reports. ▪ Follow up the latest update of the registration ministerial decrees & guidelines & preparing for meetings to explain new procedures or decisions to the relevant parties in the company. ▪ Providing the scientific office with the regulatory & technical data for the products. ▪ Share in revising the packaging materials before printing & marketing. ▪ Submitting the brochures & marketing materials to relevant dept. at CAPA for approval before launch.
  • Education

    • MBA in Global business

      ESLSCA Business School

      Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 - 2 yr

    • Master of Cytology, Histology& Genetics in Cytology, Histology& Genetics

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2013 - 3 yr

    • Bachelor of Science (Chemistry – Zoology) in Chemistry – Zoology

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2007 - 4 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      El-Orman Secondary School

      Jan 2003 

    Achievements

     High ability to work under pressure.  Able to work independently and with team.  Professional in technical reports writing.  Have high flexibility to new concepts and responsibilities.  Presentable and have high communication skills.  Always eager to learning.

    Skills

    • Time Management
    • Negotiation
    • Project Management
    • Communication
    • Leadership
    • Microsoft Office
    • Detail Oriented
    • Regulatory Affairs
    • Registration
    • ICDL.

    Languages

    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • TOEFL

      2012
    • Clinical Pharmacy

      National institute for tumors (Clinical Pharmacy).·2006
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