Mana Alshehri

Senior Chief Scientific Evaluation Expert, Biological Drug Department

Mana Alshehri is Senior Chief Scientific Evaluation Expert in the Biological Drug Department of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority. Scientific evaluation of biological medicines covers the manufacturing process, comparability, potency and safety data on which a marketing decision rests. Advanced therapy medicinal products, including cell and gene therapies, sit at the difficult edge of that work, and his field includes how different regulators worldwide approach them and what those approaches imply for review pathways and patient access in Saudi Arabia.