In this episode of Lift Up Journeys, we were joined by the fantastic Linda Bowen. She is the Executive Director - chief of staff and head of the regulatory centres of excellence at Seagen, a global biotechnology company dedicated to developing revolutionary therapies with real impact.

Linda has over 40 years of experience in the Biopharma industry, with 30 of those years in the regulatory space. During this time, she has won several awards and has given back by mentoring several up-and-coming regulatory professionals. 

She joined us to talk about her fascinating professional history, as well as the differences between working with big pharma and smaller biotechs, networking tips, and Linda's experience in mentoring professionals.  

Some of the highlights of the conversation include: 

"Not all of us in regulatory start in regulatory, it happens very rarely. Many of us come from the laboratory. Many of us come from Quality Assurance. People come from clinical development, they come from commercial, they come from toxicology, they come from all walks of life.”

“At the bigger companies, you're a number, it's just the way it is. Even if you have a great manager, you know, there's many layers.”

“My thing is that everything that I did, I learned something, and I repurposed those skills to this day that I learned 40 years ago."

Tune in to hear from an incredible woman in life sciences.