Dr. Daniel Desgrandchamps

Preparation and elaboration of scientific documentations. Organization and management of Vaccines Technical Committee (EKIF-CFV) meetings, allignment of VTC and subcommitees' activities. Coordination of interctions with authorities, stakeholders and the public. Support and implementation of the electronic vaccination card (meineimpfungen.ch, mesvaccins.ch)

I was serving as Senior Medical Advisor Vaccines at Pfizer (DACH). I was supervising a team of 4 direct reports (Medical-Science-Relationship managers, MSRs) in Germany, providing Medical Affairs support for for the meningitis vaccines franchise in the DACH region, and acting as EU lead for the Meningococcal group C vaccine. In addition, I was actively involved in global training activities.

As Director Medical Affairs Europe, I was the company’s responsible officer for their meningococcal vaccine in various European and other countries. I was heading pharmcovigilance, medical information, interacted closely with regulatory affairs, and was responsible for training activities until the global püroduct withdrawal due to a major contamination issue.

Responsible for the optimal implementation of the new hospital reimbursement system SwissDRG in the 3 autonomous University Chidren’s Hospitals in Zurich, Basel and St. Gallen. This position allowed for a deep insight into hospital management and public relations.

Medical and administrative Consultant for Hospitals. Formation in DRG coding (basics and advanced) and Medical Controlling.

Medical and scientific advice for biopharmaceutical companies and public health institutions.

Head of the Preclinical and Clinical Development of new glycosylated conjugate vaccines. Responsibility for Regulatory Activities.

Interactions with stakeholders in medicine, including national, professional, regulatory and public health authorities, experts and the public. Life-cycle management, product support and internal (staff) and external training, as well as Medical Information and Publication. Intensive networking between Clinical Development, Medical Affairs, commercial and marketing teams, affiliates and scientific community (KOL management). Responsibility for international clinical study activities from phase IIIb-IV.

Consultant for clinical development of antibiotics.

Responsibility for the Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit at the Children's Hospital Lucerne (Grade A clinic).

Neonatology and pediatric emergency consultant.

Co-owner of the Kinderarztpraxis Baar. General Pediatrics plus Vaccinology Expert.

Medical responsible of the Swiss Red Cross for the TB screening and vaccination program of the Swiss Immigration Sanitary Screening Program

Clinical Infectious Diseases Activities, Responsibility for Clinical Trial Activities.

Vice head of the section for bacterial and parasitic diseases, Department of epidemiology and infectious diseases.