Rachid Benhamza PhD

Dr. Rachid Benhamza, Director Product Management, Commercial Operations, Helsinn Healthcare S.A. Dr. Rachid Benhamza is Head of Corporate Product Management & Competitive Intelligence, Commercial Operations, at Helsinn Healthcare Switzerland. In his career Rachid Benhamza has the opportunity to develop a wide experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry covering basic research and teaching at the University of Geneva, manufacturing of APIs in a couple of Swiss chemical plants, international sales management, licensing and business development where he spent over 10 years working on a worldwide basis, to his current position where he manage with his coworkers commercial teams responsible for the preparation and launch of new drugs.

His current responsibility covers also the maintenance of an active Intelligence in the markets and in the therapeutical areas of interest for the company. Among his activities within several associations, Rachid Benhamza is currently a board member of the Swiss Healthcare Licensing Group (previously Swiss Pharma Licensing Group, an association of 150 Executives working in business development and licensing, he co-founded 12 years ago, with other colleagues in the Swiss Pharma industry. He acted as vice-president and then president of this association until 2012.