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Sara BENNAOUM

Le Raincy,93

Summary

Dynamic Pharmaceutical Activities Site Director with extensive experience on ATMP products, excelling in quality assurance and regulatory compliance. Proven track record in developing robust quality systems and leading successful audits. Bilingual in French and English, adept at fostering collaboration and driving continuous improvement in quality standards. Expertise in GMP and regulatory submissions.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Pharmaceutical Activities Site Director - Louvres

CRYOPORT FRANCE
02.2025 - Current

> Organize, supports, and manages the company's pharmaceutical activities.

> Certification of drug batches and import requests to competent authorities.

> Management of operations and quality teams:

- Organize and carries out the planning of the operational team, ensures that operations are carried out in accordance with procedures and instructions, and that personnel are authorized.

- Contribute to the definition and implementation of the company's quality policy and promotes the development of conditions for quality improvement. Establishes and monitors departmental performance and workload indicators.

> Participate in management committee meetings.

> Implement and maintain the pharmaceutical QMS in line with company quality policy and applicable regulations.

> Develop and implement internal guidelines, procedures, instructions, etc. with the aim of ensuring that the organization complies with the applicable and current legislation. Develop Master Batch Records and Regulatory Dossiers (Regulatory Submissions, IMPD).

> Carry out audits of customers, subcontractors, and suppliers.

Drafts and signs QTA and QP to QP contracts

> Assist and support other quality activities.

> Participates in project implementation.

> Management of ANSM and European regulatory authorities' inspections

Site Quality & Regulatory Affairs Manager, QP

CellProthera SAS
01.2024 - 01.2025

> Guarantee the quality within the entire flow, from raw material to package, with the aim of continuously attaining optimal quality.

> Develop and implement internal regulations, guidelines, procedures, etc. with the aim of ensuring that the organization complies with the applicable and current legislation (on national/local level).

> Maintain the policy lines within the context of the entire quality system and ensure that the entire company adheres to the policy with the aim of being capable of providing optimal quality assurance and to guarantee quality.

> Manage, organize and schedule all quality operations within the organization with the aim of meeting the prescribed quality standards (ATMP GMPs and ISO 13485).

> Stay well-informed about the evolutions and developments, keep his/her knowledge up-to-date within the context of the amendments to regulations with the aim of strengthening his/her credibility by offering a service that is continuously based on updated knowledge.

Quality Assurance Pharmacist, QP

CellProthera SAS
01.2019 - 12.2023

> Management of the pharmaceutical quality system: drafting of quality documents, maintenance of databases, quality indicators.

> Work on the regulatory framework for advanced therapy drugs.

> Review and approval of stability protocols and reports

> Drafting of an IMPD for a European clinical trial.

> Quality control: development and validation of protocols and analysis methods in collaboration with a subcontractor, management of certificates and requests for analysis, release of raw materials.

> Definition of flow and transport conditions for an experimental drug.

> Drafting and approval of quality contracts with subcontractors

> Internal audits.

> Management of ANSM inspections

Product Quality Assurance Officer

Sanofi Aventis Algérie
11.2015 - 12.2018

> Processing and review of manufacturing, packaging and analytical records of finished products

> Release of batches of finished products

> Management of deviations and OOS results: investigations, impact analysis and trend analysis

> CAPA and Change management

>Drafting of APQR: review and trend analysis of critical parameters of finished products, review and trend analysis of analytical results of water and environmental control, review of changes

> Implementation of group standards according to regulatory developments

> Batch review team management

> Start-up of new Sidi Abdallah site: Qualification and validation of new production lines, transfer of production methods, transfer of analytical methods

QP Responsibility and Manufacturing CMC Assistant

Sanofi Winthrop Industrie
10.2014 - 10.2015

> Industrial affairs services: quality support & regulatory affairs M CMC

> Negotiation and Signing of Quality Agreements with group third parties and subsidiaries

> Elaboration of contract templates, European procedure registration,

> Regulatory missions: Annual declaration of psychotropic and narcotic drugs / Request for approvals to the ANSM, Inventory of pharmaceutical establishments.

Education

Ph.D. - Pharmacy PhD, Specialisation: Industry / Research

Université Paris-Sud
Châtenay-Malabry, France
01-2014

Specialized Master - Quality

CESI
Paris, France
01-2014

Master - Master in Drugs And Other Health Products

Université Paris-Sud
Châtenay-Malabry, France
01-2011

Skills

    French (mother tongue),

    English (bilingual / 2-year stay in England),

    Arabic (mother tongue)

    Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet Computing Certificate

    Quality Assurance

    Writing, verification and validation of quality documents

    Quality system management

    Non-conformities/deviations

    CAPA

    Change control

    Data Bases

    Quality indicators

    APQR

    Quality Control:

    Validation of analytical methods

    Management of analysis requests and certificates of analysis

    Stability protocols and studies

    Regulatory Affairs

    GDP, GLP, GMP, Ph Eur, USP, ISO 13485, ICH

    ATMP IMPD writing and submission (investigational Medicinal Product Dossier)

    Medical Device (Class IIa)

    Investigational medicines and ATMPs

    Etat des lieux (France) / Site Master File

    Declaration of psychotropic and narcotic drugs

    Subcontractors and suppliers

    Communications and management with various subcontractors

    Audits

    Qualification of suppliers and subcontractors

    Development of Product and samples transport flows

    Quality Agreement and technical and functional Specifications

Timeline

Pharmaceutical Activities Site Director - Louvres

CRYOPORT FRANCE
02.2025 - Current

Site Quality & Regulatory Affairs Manager, QP

CellProthera SAS
01.2024 - 01.2025

Quality Assurance Pharmacist, QP

CellProthera SAS
01.2019 - 12.2023

Product Quality Assurance Officer

Sanofi Aventis Algérie
11.2015 - 12.2018

QP Responsibility and Manufacturing CMC Assistant

Sanofi Winthrop Industrie
10.2014 - 10.2015

Ph.D. - Pharmacy PhD, Specialisation: Industry / Research

Université Paris-Sud

Specialized Master - Quality

CESI

Master - Master in Drugs And Other Health Products

Université Paris-Sud
Sara BENNAOUM