Sara Gyulakian
Global Patient Access Operations Lead, Global Medical Takeda Pharmaceutical
Sara Gyulakian, PharmD is Global Patient Access Operations Lead within Global Medical at Takeda, where she has progressed through a number of roles focused on global patient access. Her experience spans patient access coordination, global medical affairs and marketed products development, alongside previous experience with the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Sara holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and previously completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Global Medical and Marketed Products Development at Takeda.
Seminars
Tuesday 23rd March 2027
Workshop D – Futureproofing Expanded Access Programs in an Unpredictable Global Environment
9:00 am
- Responding when geopolitical, regulatory or market access changes threaten program continuity
- Maintaining patient access during supply disruptions, sanctions, political instability and changing market conditions
- Building governance frameworks that support rapid, defensible decision-making during periods of uncertainty
- Learning how organizations have successfully adapted programs when the assumptions they were built on no longer held true
Wednesday 24th March 2027
Delivering Sustainable Access Across High-Need, High-Complexity Markets
9:00 am
- Managing programs in regions where unmet need is high, but access pathways remain underdeveloped
- Navigating relationship-driven healthcare systems and local stakeholder dynamics
- Building sustainable access models in countries where commercialization pathways may be uncertain
- Understanding the operational and cultural challenges unique to program delivery in these regions
