Dr. Kirsty Reid European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations,, Belgium

Dr. Kirsty Reid is Director of Science Policy at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). She holds a PhD in Ethnopharmacognosy (2003) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. For the past 19 years, she has worked extensively on research and on EU public and regulatory affairs.... read moreShe leads work on alternatives to animal testing, environment, health, safety and sustainability issues. She is the EFPIA representative in the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to animal testing (EPAA), EFPIA observer representative in the Commission National Contacts points meetings on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, EFPIA representative as the accredited stakeholder to the ECHA and the EFPIA liaison on environment, chemical and non-clinical dossiers to the EMA. She has several published papers across these topics.