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Jennifer Schwinn, RPh
Jennifer Schwinn, RPh has worked for more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry with broad therapeutic experience and a strong background in developing and implementing scientific communications plans. She has held positions across many functions within medical affairs over her career, including publications, medical communications and independent medical education. Jennifer is passionate about the role of scientific communications in driving medical strategy and tactical execution, and the importance of a cross-functional and global approach to the development of integrated, medical communications plans.
Jennifer began her career as a member of medical teams within communications and publications agencies, and spent many years as an independent consultant. She has also held positions at Roche and, most recently, Celgene Corporation. Jennifer is currently Director, Worldwide Scientific Publications – Immunology at Bristol Myers Squibb. She received her bachelor’s degree (BS) in Pharmacy from Rutgers University and is a registered pharmacist (RPh) in New Jersey.
Jan Van Overbeeke
Jan van Overbeeke, M.Sc., MBA, based in Tokyo, co-leads Medical Affairs for McKinsey across Asia. As part of his work, he provides leadership in client service on medical topics across the Asia region, publishes in the public domain, oversees McKinsey’s Medical Affairs Performance Evaluation Survey and hosts Medical Affairs leadership round-tables. Mr. van Overbeeke started with McKinsey in the Netherlands, and since then has served pharmaceutical and medical device companies across Europe, the US and Asia during his 3 year tenure in the United Kingdom and since 2014 in Japan. A native of the Netherlands, Mr. van Overbeeke received his Engineering degree from the Technical University of Delft and his law degree from the University of Leiden. He completed a full-time MBA program at INSEAD in Singapore and France.
Milana Zivkov
Milana Zivkov is a Senior Director, Insights & Training Global Lead, Medical Affairs, Astellas, located in Northbrook, IL, USA. She has been with Astellas since 2013 in various roles of increasing responsibility within Scientific Publications in Medical Affairs. She was instrumental in establishing Scientific Publications as a strategic partner across M & D, and from 01 July 2018, in new her new role, she is responsible for setting up Insights & Training function within Astellas. She has MD and MSc (Clinical Pharmacology) degrees from University of Belgrade Medical School, and is a fully trained neuropsychiatrist. Following a career in clinical psychiatry, Milana has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 20 years holding positions in various Medical Affairs.
