Lalitha Aiyer

VP, Clinical Affairs & Pharmacovigilance at Evofem Biosciences

Lalitha Aiyer is the Vice President of Clinical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance at Evofem Biosciences. In this role, they are responsible for developing and executing global clinical and pharmacovigilance strategies, including risk management for clinical development programs and marketed products.

Prior to joining Evofem Biosciences, Lalitha served as the Senior Director at Pfizer from 2001 to 2010. In this role, they were responsible for leading a team of clinical research associates in the development and execution of clinical trials for various Pfizer products.

From 2015 to 2020, Lalitha served as the President and Senior Medical Advisor at the Medical & Pharma Advisors Group. In this role, they provided strategic medical and regulatory advice to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

Most recently, Lalitha served as the Executive Director and Head of Pharmacovigilance at Ardea Biosciences Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca PLC. In this role, they were responsible for leading the pharmacovigilance team and ensuring that product safety was adequately monitored across all ongoing clinical trials and in support of marketed products.

Lalitha Aiyer received their M.B.A. in Business Administration from UMass Amherst's Isenberg School of Management in Massachusetts. Lalitha then went on to earn their M.S. in Management with a concentration in Medical Management from the Robert Wagner School of Public Health at New York University in New York. After completing their residency in Internal Medicine at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York, they earned their M.D. from Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi, India. Lalitha then completed a fellowship in Integrative and Holistic Medicine at the Academy of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Lalitha is certified by the American Board of Physician Specialties (ABPS) in ABOIM and the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).

They are on a team with Katherine Mercier - VP, Technical Operations, Kelly Culwell - Chief Medical Officer, and Ellen Thomas - Chief of Staff. Some direct reports include Ellen Harris - Senior Clinical Operations Manager, Eric Chun - Director, Clinical Operations. Lalitha Aiyer reports to Saundra Pelletier, CEO.

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