Bahija Jallal: MedImmune's Modern Innovator
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
When Dr Bahija Jallal stepped out of a conference room full of scientists she knew that her life had changed forever. She had just witnessed a patient personally thanking every person that had worked on a drug she had taken as part of a Phase I trial. Needless to say the trial, and the drug, had worked and the patient was overjoyed. "I remember vividly coming out of that room and thinking that was exactly what I want to do for the rest of my life," she recalls. "That was the beginning of a journey for me. I feel it’s a privilege to do this work."
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