Takeda Pharma Sp. z o.o. in Poland has appointed Sameh Rafla as the new General Manager. Sameh Rafla brings comprehensive international experience in team building and setting goals and directions focused on patient needs to the organization. Before joining the Polish team, he headed the Transplantation Franchise of Takeda Europe and Canada (EUCAN), where he was responsible for the company’s entry into the transplant domain.
In his extensive professional career, Sameh Rafla managed Takeda’s product portfolio in the EUCAN Rare Metabolic Diseases and Rare Immunology areas, on a global level he was responsible for introducing and developing new products as the Global Head of New Products. Before joining Takeda, he held positions such as Business Unit Director at Nestlé and General Manager responsible for four markets at Galderma.
Adam Zaeske, Takeda’s Director for Central, Southern and Eastern Europe, emphasizes: – Sameh is an experienced leader in developing and implementing effective growth strategies on competitive markets. We are happy to welcome Sameh Rafla to the Takeda team in Poland, ensuring the continued development of the organization and uninterrupted access of patients to our innovative therapies.
“I am honored with the opportunity to join Takeda in Poland and look forward to continuing the team’s success” – said Sameh Rafla, expressing his appreciation for the Polish team for their courage and openness in implementing innovative solutions, referring among others to a project implemented in cooperation with Warsaw Health Innovation Hub (WHIH) in selected health service facilities in Poland. The project uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for faster diagnosis of rare diseases.
– As an innovative global biotechnology company, we understand our role broadly, not only as creators and providers of life-changing medicines, but also the entire innovative ecosystem that provides solutions that meet patients’ needs in a way that was previously unattainable. I commit myself to ensuring that the patient is always at the center of everything we do and I will support the Polish branch in driving the organization’s continued development.
Sameh Rafla is a pharmacist with an MBA degree from the International Institute for Management Development Business School in Switzerland. He holds Egyptian and Canadian citizenship.
