Lada Laenen, PhD Genzyme - A Sanofi Company

Dr. Lada Laenen graduated Biotechnology Sciences at University of Zagreb, Croatia  in 1998  and obtained doctoral degree in Natural Sciences in 2001 at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.  Her professional carrier started at PLIVA Inc. Zagreb Croatia, and continuing at MIXIS Genetics; Paris, France, in different development roles focusing her work on bacterial metabolism and antibiotic production. When she moved to Belgium, her first challenge started at Flen Pharma, where she established research and quality departments with main focus towards tissue cultures and wound healing processes. Afterwards, she moved to Johnson & Johnson for its Tibotec/Virco branch where she was working in HIV field leading multidisciplinary teams.  In 2007, she has joined Genzyme where she is currently heading Cell culture and Microbiology departments, with focus on process development and validation, regulatory submissions, providing support towards commercial manufacturing as well as exploring innovative tools and processes. Lada has more than 15 years’ experience in biopharmaceutical industry and she has demonstrated strong scientific leadership in many of projects she has been tasks with.