Global Medical Evidence Generation Lead - Influenza
Sanofi, France
Disclosure(s): Sanofi: Employee, Stocks/Bonds (Private Company)
Laurence Torcel-Pagnon is an Epidemiologist (MSc). She has been working in industry on vaccine preventable infectious diseases for 15 years collaborating in several epidemiological studies and international projects. For the last 10 years, she has been more specifically engaged in European and worldwide public-private partnerships (ADVANCE, DRIVE, COVIDRIVE, GIHSN, BeCOME), co-leading the development of large Real World Evidence platforms for disease surveillance and vaccine effectiveness monitoring (Flu, COVID, RSV and other respiratory viruses). She has co-developed governance guidance and open data framework to foster multi-stakeholder collaboration between public health institutes, regulatory authorities, academia, international organizations and vaccine companies for evidence generation and public health benefit. She is acting as Executive Officer at the Foundation for Influenza Epidemiology supporting the Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network (GIHSN). Currently, Laurence is Global Medical Evidence Generation Lead for Influenza at Sanofi Vaccines. She is leading the evidence generation strategy for licensed products, working in close collaboration with internal experts/functions and maximizing collaborative approaches with external stakeholder networks and platforms.