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Education
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RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
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CHRISTINE VAN HOOF

Leuven

Summary

PhD in Medical Sciences with high scientific background from previous academic career and over 20 years of clinical and regulatory experience in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry as Medical/Scientific Writer and Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Manager, Senior Manager and Associate Director. Now looking for a new and challenging position in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Regulatory Affairs Associate Director

GSK
Wavre
01.2024 - Current

Project Lead in GSK Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) vaccine development portfolio

  • Developing regulatory strategy pathways for new vaccine assets
  • Preparing and attending meetings with internal Governance Boards
  • Preparing, actively contributing and attending meetings with major Regulatory Authorities:

● EMA and national Scientific Advices for GSK’s new vaccine

assets

● Several consultations with FDA for GSK’s new vaccine

assets: Type C meetings, pre-IND meetings, End of Phase 2

meetings

  • GRA representative in new vaccine assets project matrix teams, interacting and building relationships with several stakeholders from different functions to integrate the regulatory strategy throughout the different phases of the Clinical Development Plan
  • Leading major regulatory submissions from regulatory strategy building to submission at the study level (e.g., Clinical Trial Applications including EU CTR experience, IND amendments) and at the project level (e.g. new IND applications, consultations with Regulatory Authorities, paediatric study plans)

● Developing internal strategic regulatory documents to
define the regulatory submission strategy of different major
submission dossiers
● Guiding and reviewing of complex regulatory documents for

various applications for multiple Regulatory Agencies

  • Mentoring and coaching GRA team members to support the regulatory submissions for new vaccine assets

Regulatory Affairs Senior Manager

GSK
Wavre
02.2021 - 12.2023

Preceeding regulatory activities as Project Lead in GSK GRA vaccine development portfolio as described above with the following major achievements:

  • Developing the Global Regulatory Plan for new vaccine assets, including endorsement by internal Governance Boards
  • Successful outcome of FDA consultations setting the regulatory strategy for the clinical development of new vaccine assets (pre-IND meetings, Type C meetings)
  • Successful submission and approval of Priorix BLA

Regulatory Affairs Manager

GSK
Wavre
05.2016 - 01.2021

Preceeding regulatory activities as Project Lead in GSK GRA vaccine development portfolio as described above with the following major achievements:

  • Successful outcome of FDA consultations setting the regulatory strategy for the Priorix BLA submission (Type C meeting, pre-BLA meeting)
  • Successful submission and approval of Priorix BLA

Clinical Regulatory Affairs Lead in MMR/V vaccine life cycle management (2016-2019):

  • Developing, writing and reviewing of regulatory documents for various applications for multiple Regulatory Agencies according to high quality standards (e.g. major labelling variations, Article 30 referral procedure, …)
  • Clinical RA key stakeholder in different labelling activities
  • Representing MMR/V GRA and actively contributing in meetings with different stakeholders within GSK

Experience in registration management in GRA MMR/V life cycle management portfolio (2016-2019):

  • Thorough knowledge of submission routes and regulation in EU for products authorised by central, mutual recognised and national procedures
  • Highly experienced in completion of regulatory dossiers for clinical and technical variations, including experience in Module 1 preparation for eCTD submission
  • Daily contact with GSK LOCs and Hubs to optimise the regulatory submission strategy, to support approval and to ensure timely supply in specific countries and regions
  • Close collaboration with different stakeholders within GSK to ensure regulatory activities are matching supply demand, especially in key markets
  • Thorough knowledge of EU, US and international regulations on submission procedures

Regulatory Affairs Specialist

GSK
Wavre
01.2012 - 04.2016

RA representative in Clinical Regulatory Excellence Team supporting submissions for different projects:

  • Writing of regulatory documents (e.g. clinical summaries, clinical overview, briefing documents, ....) for various applications for multiple Regulatory Agencies according to high quality standards
  • Support preparation of CDE Panel meeting for registration of GSK’s HPV vaccine in China (2012)
  • Subject Matter Expert within GRA Department for transversal initiatives to improve and standardise internal processes to increase compliance to Regulatory Legislations (e.g. Expert on Article 46 of the Paediatric legislation)

Scientific Writer

XPE Pharma & Science
Wavre
01.2009 - 12.2011

Scientific Writer for GSK in HPV vaccine clinical team:

  • Developing, writing and reviewing of a variety of clinical study documents (protocols, reports, investigator brochures, general investigational plans) for vaccine efficacy trials and other vaccine-related studies
  • Active participation in the preparation of presentation material for the Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) to achieve approval of GSK’s HPV vaccine by the FDA.
  • Writing of scientific documents for exploratory and assay validation studies and participating in scientific discussions with the Clinical Laboratory Department of GSK and their international collaborators.

Medical Writer

SGS-Life Science Services-Belgium N.V.
Mechelen
12.2004 - 12.2008
  • Writing a variety of clinical study documents (protocols, reports, investigator brochures, safety narratives, Safety/Efficacy section of Investigational Medicinal Product Dossiers) for a wide range of drug indications (e.g. HIV) at different clinical development stages for different pharmaceutical sponsors.

Post-doctoral Researcher

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, K.U.Leuven
10.1995 - 11.2004
  • Executing research in the field of molecular cell biology and signal transduction pathways, writing of scientific publications for peer reviewed journals, writing of research project applications for financial grants, supervision of research projects of master and PhD students, participation in symposia and congresses within the research field and presentation of research results by posters or lectures.
  • Teaching at the Faculty of Medicine. I composed and wrote a syllabus for the course "Cell cycle-apoptosis-oncogenes-tumour suppressors".
  • During this period, I worked for 2 years at the laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, K.U.Leuven, and I did several international study journeys.

Fulltime Temporary Assistant

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, K.U.Leuven
10.1989 - 09.1995

During this period, I successfully prepared and acquired my PhD and educated practica to university students at the Faculty of medicine

Education

Educative Master in Sciences -

K.U.Leuven
01-2006

PhD in Medical Sciences - undefined

K.U.Leuven
01-1994

Biology, Zoological Sciences - undefined

K.U.Leuven
01-1989

VSO Mathematics and Sciences - undefined

Heilig Graf
Turnhout
01-1985

Skills

  • Scientific and analytical mind set, communicative qualities, comfortable in interactions with different internal and external stakeholders, organisational skills, ability to act under time pressure, able to prioritise, eager to learn, flexible, dynamic
  • Thorough knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications for writing clinical and regulatory documents in different “templates”, for writing clinical and regulatory documents, publications and training material and courses, for processing of study data and for preparing oral presentations
  • Highly experienced with applications and network environments typically used in the clinical research and pharmaceutical environment such as archiving systems, eCTD viewers, tracking and planning tools, web-based application forms, internal and external database consultation, …
  • Thorough knowledge of using general and professional AI platforms for consulting, authoring and summarizing the necessary information to prepare submissions and to remain up to date on the current regulatory requirements and regulation from Regulatory Authorities

Additional Information

Dutch: mother tongue language
English: Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English by current and previous job
experience as described in the “Work History” section
French: acceptable oral knowledge by personal contacts with French speaking colleagues
German: acceptable oral and written knowledge after completion of 3 years of German
courses at CLT, KUL Leuven

KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES

Dutch: mother tongue language
English: Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English by current and previous job experience as described in the “RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE” section
French: acceptable oral knowledge by personal contacts with French speaking colleagues
German: acceptable oral and written knowledge after completion of 3 years of German courses at CLT, KUL Leuven

Timeline

Regulatory Affairs Associate Director

GSK
01.2024 - Current

Regulatory Affairs Senior Manager

GSK
02.2021 - 12.2023

Regulatory Affairs Manager

GSK
05.2016 - 01.2021

Regulatory Affairs Specialist

GSK
01.2012 - 04.2016

Scientific Writer

XPE Pharma & Science
01.2009 - 12.2011

Medical Writer

SGS-Life Science Services-Belgium N.V.
12.2004 - 12.2008

Post-doctoral Researcher

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, K.U.Leuven
10.1995 - 11.2004

Fulltime Temporary Assistant

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, K.U.Leuven
10.1989 - 09.1995

PhD in Medical Sciences - undefined

K.U.Leuven

Biology, Zoological Sciences - undefined

K.U.Leuven

VSO Mathematics and Sciences - undefined

Heilig Graf

Educative Master in Sciences -

K.U.Leuven

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Ten years of experience as Project Lead in GSK Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) vaccine development portfolio (2016-to date):
  • Fourteen years of experience in Clinical Regulatory Affairs in different GSK GRA teams (2012-to date):
  • Three years of experience in registration management in GSK’s GRA MMR/V life cycle management portfolio (2016-2019):
  • Eight years of experience in Medical/Scientific Writer (2004-2011):
  • Fifteen years of experience in Scientific Research as PhD student and post-doctoral researcher (1989-2004)
CHRISTINE VAN HOOF