Fauzia Anwar, MD
About Fauzia Anwar, MD
Fauzia Anwar, MD, is the Senior Medical Director and Medical Safety Program Lead at Bristol Myers Squibb, with extensive experience in drug safety and pharmacovigilance.
Title and Current Role
Fauzia Anwar, MD, currently serves as the Senior Medical Director and Medical Safety Program Lead at Bristol Myers Squibb. Her role involves overseeing medical safety programs and ensuring the comprehensive review and monitoring of safety data for various pharmaceutical products. Her position reflects a strong leadership role in the pharmaceutical industry, following extensive experience in both clinical and global drug safety roles.
Past Experience at Sanofi
From 2017 to 2020, Fauzia Anwar worked at Sanofi as the Director of Global Drug Safety. During her tenure, she was responsible for managing drug safety processes and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. This role involved overseeing safety monitoring and risk management across Sanofi's global product portfolio, leveraging her extensive experience in pharmacovigilance.
Previous Roles in Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance
Fauzia Anwar's extensive career includes roles such as Executive Director of Global Drug Safety at UBC from 2015 to 2017, Director of Global Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management in NY from 2014 to 2015, and Medical Director of Sr. Pharmacovigilance at Novartis in NJ from 2013 to 2014. Additionally, she was Director of Drug Safety Risk Management at Hoffmann, Roche-Genentech from 2009 to 2013, and Director at Pfizer in NJ from 2007 to 2009. These positions have enhanced her expertise in global drug safety and pharmacovigilance.
Educational Background
Fauzia Anwar holds an MD from Fatima Jinnah Women University in Lahore, Punjab, completed from 1981 to 1986. She has also studied at The Royal College of Physicians in London, achieving the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, and at UMDNJ, where she obtained a Master’s degree in Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance from 2010 to 2015. Additionally, she studied Infectious Disease at UMDNJ and passed the USMLE examinations.
Clinical and Research Experience
Fauzia Anwar has 14 years of experience in direct patient care, trained in internal medicine, and 13 years of global clinical research experience. She has significant expertise in the authorship and implementation of risk management plans for both development compounds and post-marketing environments. Fauzia has been involved in multiple regulatory filing processes throughout her career, demonstrating strong leadership, clinical, communication, and operational skills.