Abdel HalimDr Abdel B. Halim is an internationally-recognized key opinion leader with 25+ years of experience in different aspects of biomarkers, precision medicine and IVD; from strategic planning to actualization. He is the Vice president of Biomarkers and Copanion Diagnostics at Taiho Oncology (Otsuka holding).
Before Taiho, Dr. Halim held multiple leadership positions in the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries. He oversaw the development and validation of assays for several hundreds of biomarkers on different platforms and their applications in 150+ PI-PIII clinical trials and patient managements. Abdel has led 8 CDx programs and has track records for 5 FDA high complexity IVD approvals and 2 drug approvals. Abdel has served on 20+ governmental and public expert panels and advisory boards in the US, Canada and EU. Dr. Halim has served on 25+ committees to establish guidelines to promote quality in clinical laboratory and diagnostic industries and authored about 15 guidelines. Abdel has 70+ peer-reviewed publications, two book chapters and 100+ presentations including 40+ invited and keynote speeches in national and international meetings. Read More Read Less