Nina Heiss

• Define, integrate and communicate the Merck Serono Oncology Key Thought Leader Management strategy across the oncology indications and product pipeline. • Ensure alignment of the key stakeholders relating to KTL activities (Research, Clinical Development, Strategic Marketing, Business Development, Country Marketing & Sales). • Facilitation of strategy to Merck Serono affiliates (Europe, Asia Pacific, Japan, Latin America); co-ordination of speaker tours

• Commercial valuation of oncology product pipeline & sales forecasting • Defined commercial drives of the oncology target product profiles • Message development, early branding concepts • Cross-functional interfacing in global product teams • In-licencing activities

• Headed group of three technicians, PhD, medical students, rotating diploma students • Biomarker discovery & validation, biobanking (operational) • Strategic innovations: Molecular Diagnostics and Theranostics • Liaison with outsourcing companies (biomarker technologies) • Driving preclinical collaborations with external experts • Member of Pharmacogenomics Subcommittee of the VFA (Verband Forsch