May 14 2024 42 mins
In this episode of Lift Up Journeys, Katy was joined by the excellent Aziza Johnson, global head of regulatory and patient safety RD at Recordati Rare Diseases. Aziza is a regulatory and development executive who's been delivering on startup and global companies missions to support patients through groundbreaking new drugs for over 25 years. Aziza joined us to talk about her impressive career journey, as well as what it's like being a woman on the board, employee retention, and how to align your values with an organisation's values. Some of the highlights of the conversation include: "In a midsize company, you don't have that safety net. So you kind of have to make a lot of mistakes. Yeah. And you do make them and it's painful. But you learn from them, and you learn from them pretty quickly." "So you learn a lot from this startup environment, you've got to pretty much worry about 20 different hats." "So I've got to try and make make that a difference, right? So I've got to speak up, I can't be having this imposter syndrome, I am meant to be here. And just changing the mindset a little bit." Tune in to hear from an incredible woman in life sciences.