Dewilka Saleem, PharmD is a seasoned medical affairs professional within the pharmaceutical industry. Her experience spans scientific and medical communications strategy, medical education, research, clinical expert engagement, and generating insights to inform business priorities. Experienced in translating complex clinical and real-world evidence into clear, impactful scientific narratives that support healthcare professional and patient education to enhance health literacy and informed clinical decision-making. She leads global scientific communications strategy and tactical execution of medical content, aligning communications plans with global brand strategy, clinical and regulatory milestones and lifecycle objectives and delivers evidence-based scientific exchange on disease state, clinical data, and treatment landscape with HCPs, investigators and patients to support scientific understanding and adoption of therapies in practice.
A proactive leader committed to patient advocacy, she drives innovative approaches in empowering patients to take part in their health journey through education, participation in patient-centered medical content and contributing to regulatory adoption of patient reported outcomes across various disease states.
Dewilka holds her PharmD from Temple University in Philadelphia and Bachelors of Science in Biology from Pennsylvania State University. She currently sits on the marketing committee for Healthcare Businesswomens Association (HBA)