Merve Firintepe

Merve Firintepe is a Regulatory Affairs Manager at BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., responsible for managing regulatory activities at EMA, MHRA, and Swissmedic, along with overseeing Paediatric Investigation Plan activities and providing strategic guidance to stakeholders. Prior experience includes serving as a Jr. Manager in Regulatory Affairs at Denk Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, where responsibilities encompassed strategic planning for marketing authorisation applications in Eurasia and maintaining communication with health authorities. Merve also completed a trainee position focused on regulatory affairs and worked as a community pharmacist. Early career experience includes roles in quality assurance at Bayer and as a scientific assistant at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Merve holds a State Examination in Pharmacy from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and an Abitur from Jakob-Fugger-Gymnasium Augsburg.