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BUKE KAYALI

BUKE KAYALI

Istanbul

Summary

Results-oriented Clinical Trial Manager with over 9 years of extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Expert in driving clinical trial success through meticulous planning, resource management, and cross-functional collaboration. Proven track record of ensuring regulatory compliance, streamlining processes, and delivering projects on time and within budget. Adept at fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders and maintaining a keen focus on quality and patient safety. Committed to advancing clinical research and contributing to the development of innovative therapies.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Junior Clinical Research Associate

Novo Nordisk
05.2017 - 11.2018
  • Therapeutic Area: Diabetes, Obesity and Haemophilia
  • Ensure successful protocol level execution of start-up, execution, and close-out.
  • Ensure site related study execution including but not limited to monitoring visits, site evaluations,selection, activation, and close out visit.
  • Ensure clinical trial management systems containing all site-specific information are maintained and kept current.
  • Provide Local regulatory and legal requirement expertise and payment execution as per local requirements.
  • Ensure audit and inspection readiness of assigned sites.

Clinical Trials Assistant

Novo Nordisk
07.2016 - 11.2018

Provide support for updating and maintaining clinical systems that track site compliance and performance within project timelines (electronic and physical TMF).
Prepare and submit regulatory authority/ethics committee applications.
Assist the clinical team in the preparation, handling, distribution, filing, and archiving of clinical documentation and reports according to the scope of work and standard operating procedures.
Assist CRAs with the preparation, handling, and distribution of Clinical Trial Supplies and the maintenance of tracking information. Coordinate logistics for trial supplies.

Clinical Development Center Project Manager

Novo Nordisk
02.2023 - Current

Managed 8 clinical studies across various phases and project teams, including over 15 CRAs and CTAs, within CDC countries focusing on Rare Diseases, Obesity, and Cardiovascular therapeutic areas. CDC countries include Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Algeria, Ukraine, and Morocco. Since January 2024, working as CDC-TM assigned to the Rare Diseases therapeutic area.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinated trial organization within CDC Turkey countries, including site selection, re-source planning, budget management, risk analysis, and strategy development.
• Ensured compliance and timely communication of trial issues, serving as the key contact for CRAs, GTMs, COM, TA Head, and CDC Director.
• Facilitated communication between HQ, CDC, region, and stakeholders.
• Collaborated with COMs and FM for efficient site feasibility visits and patient recruitment strategies. Worked with SSU for prompt Health Authority approvals.
• Represented CDC Turkey in global study team and investigator meetings.
• Supported onboarding for new CDC PMs and provided regular performance feedback.
• Managed local vendor identification, budget reviews, risk identification and mitigation with global vendors when needed.
• Maintained communication with global study vendors to meet local requirements and address risks.
• Act as SME of Risk based quality management within CDC-Turkey.

Area Site Management Lead

Labcorp Drug Development On Assignment To Abbvie
05.2022 - 02.2023

Managed Hematology Clinical Studies within Europe Region.

Key responsibilities;

  • • Managed and oversaw day-to-day monitoring activities on assigned studies, ensuring CSM deliverables were met by tracking project metrics and deliverable status.
    • Acted as the primary point of contact for CRAs and between Area and Country Leader-ship.
    • Supervise CRAs on ICH/GCP guidelines, regulatory requirements, company SOPs, and therapeutic areas.
    • Ensured all clinical systems were up to date for assigned countries and was responsible for country enrollment targets, site feasibility, selection, and training processes.
    • Conducted risk assessments, mitigation plans, and root cause analyses for issues.
    • Developed and implemented monitoring tools for trials, ensuring consistency across are-as.
    • Provided training on monitoring plans and ongoing non-clinical CRA training.
    • Coordinated with study start-up teams to ensure timely site initiation and was accounta-ble for recruitment across assigned areas/studies.
    • Served as an AdaptiV ambassador, promoting risk-based thinking in trials. Ensured au-dit/inspection readiness at the country/site level, including TMF completeness.

Clinical Project Lead

Labcorp Drug Development On Assignment To Sanofi
09.2021 - 05.2022

Managed 6 clinical studies (Rare Diseases) and project teams including CRAs and CTAs within MEA region (UAE,Pakistan,Egypt,Lebanon,Saudi Arabia,Qatar).

Key responsibilities;

  • • Maintained control of project budgets and timelines, ensuring teams stayed on task and met schedule targets.
    • Regularly met with the manager to provide detailed project reports and milestone up-dates.
    • Collaborated with project team members to quickly address problems and prepared pro-ject budgets for approval.
    • Worked with the SSU team to create and validate clinical trial documents for EC and HA submissions, ensuring compliance with local requirements.
    • Ensured all necessary documentation and contracts were in place for study commence-ment. Reviewed monitoring reports, assessed recruitment progress, and took actions to meet study milestones and ensure data quality.
    • Submitted required notifications to EC and HA within timelines and managed study-related expenses according to the budget.
    • Kept clinical systems (CTMS, e-TMF) current and completed the archiving process.
    • Established relationships with key vendors to support clinical studies and managed ven-dor communication and budget issues during the study.

Senior CRA/Local Study Representative

Abbvie
01.2020 - 08.2021
  • Therapeutic Area:Oncology/Hematology
  • CRA role along with local study management role for assigned studies as Local Study Representative.

All CRA tasks included with additional responsibilities listed below.

  • Responsible for mentoring CRAs for various aspects of work.
  • As LSR, served as key point of contact in country/district for assigned studies. Update CTMS with country-level information: Country-level planning timelines.
  • As LSR,ensured successful protocol level execution of start-up, execution, and close out in the country

Clinical Research Associate

Abbvie
11.2018 - 01.2020
  • Therapeutic Area: Oncology/Hematology
  • Gathered and organized clinical trial documentation to meet rigorous standards for site approval.
  • Ensure successful protocol level execution of start-up, execution, and close out.
  • Ensure site related study execution including but not limited to monitoring visits, site evaluations, selection,activation, and close out and visit.
  • Ensure clinical trial management systems containing all site-specific information are maintained and kept current.
  • Provide Local regulatory and legal requirement expertise and payment execution as per local requirements.
  • Ensure audit and inspection readiness of assigned sites.

Clinical Research Associate

Monitor CRO
01.2016 - 07.2016
  • Performed monitoring visits for observational and pase studies related to Pulmonary Hypertension, Malnutrition Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis.
  • Provided all kinds of logistic support and trained sites on study protocol, GCP, clinical trial systems such as EDC, IWRS.

Transparency Project Coordinator

Abbvie
03.2015 - 06.2015
  • Data capture, reporting & management of Transparency Project (HCP/HCO Spend as per EFPIA Code)
  • Coordination between relevant directors (Legal, OEC, Finance etc.), managers & data resources
  • Correspondence with regional & global functions
  • Active participation in meetings (cross-functional & international)

Education

Master of Science - Engineering And Technology Management

Bogazici University
Istanbul, 34
08.2017

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Bogazici University
Istanbul, 34
02.2015

Skills

  • Proactive Mindset
  • Problem Solving approach
  • Resilience and Adaptability
  • Clinical Operations
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Crisis & Risk Management
  • Data Management
  • Stakeholder Relationships
  • Project Planning
  • Logistics Management

Languages

Turkish
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

References

Can Helvacı

Rare Diseases Therapeutic Area Head - Novo Nordisk

hchq@novonordisk.com

İdil Bayro

CVD Therapeutic Area Head - Novo Nordisk

ibay@novonordisk.com

Timeline

Clinical Development Center Project Manager

Novo Nordisk
02.2023 - Current

Area Site Management Lead

Labcorp Drug Development On Assignment To Abbvie
05.2022 - 02.2023

Clinical Project Lead

Labcorp Drug Development On Assignment To Sanofi
09.2021 - 05.2022

Senior CRA/Local Study Representative

Abbvie
01.2020 - 08.2021

Clinical Research Associate

Abbvie
11.2018 - 01.2020

Junior Clinical Research Associate

Novo Nordisk
05.2017 - 11.2018

Clinical Trials Assistant

Novo Nordisk
07.2016 - 11.2018

Clinical Research Associate

Monitor CRO
01.2016 - 07.2016

Transparency Project Coordinator

Abbvie
03.2015 - 06.2015

Master of Science - Engineering And Technology Management

Bogazici University

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Bogazici University
BUKE KAYALI