Our Leadership
Marlene Moonsamy
Founder/ Director/ Pharmacist
MSc. Med. B Pharm (Wits)
Marlene Moonsamy is a graduate from the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa), with Bachelor of Pharmacy and MSc.Med Pharmacotherapy degrees. She joined the pharmaceutical industry in 2008, as a GMP compliance pharmacist, moving to Quality Assurance, then to Regulatory Affairs. Her regulatory journey was undertaken at multi-national corporations like Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Abbott Laboratories and AstraZeneca, and locally, at Adcock Ingram OTC. She perfomed in the capacity of Head of Regulatory Affairs for Sub-Saharan Africa, in the latter 3 roles.
Her functional focus has been on GxP Compliance, Quality Assurance, Responsible Pharmacist duties (South Africa) and Regulatory Affairs Leadership in Consumer / OTC, Pharma and Vaccines sectors for South Africa and English, Portuguese and French Sub-Saharan African markets.
Marlene received numerous accolades during her years of service - a testament to her astuteness in navigating the multi-faceted regulatory affairs environment and her excellence in leadership, strategic thinking and delivering solutions.
Besides her passion for the regulatory arena, she has a vision to contribute to healthcare in Africa by educating and empowering people towards self-care, and is keen to lead projects of this nature.