Dr. Salmine El Naggar

Position: Regulatory Affairs & Launch Excellence Lead, Sanofi
Categories: Speakers 2026

Salmine El Naggar is a Regulatory Affairs & Launch Excellence Lead at Sanofi with over 9 years of experience driving regulatory innovation and shaping regulatory strategies across diverse therapeutic areas in the Greater Gulf region. She led a diverse portfolio spanning multiple therapeutic areas in specialty care and vaccines playing a key role in bringing innovative therapies across the Greater Gulf countries.

In her current role, Salmine leads end-to-end development and execution of regulatory strategies, driving regulatory launch excellence throughout the product development lifecycle and ensuring alignment of the regional priorities with corporate strategies while navigating the evolving regulatory landscape across the Greater Gulf. In this role, she leads initiatives that strengthen the regulatory ecosystem, identify strategic opportunities, and accelerate patient access to innovative medications.

She also leads transformational initiatives focused on digitalization, process optimization, and the adoption of digital tools within Regulatory Affairs strengthening operational effectiveness and enabling more agile regulatory decision-making.

Salmine is committed to advancing patient access to life-changing therapies through fostering collaboration between the industry and regulators to advance and shape the regulatory landscape, advance innovation, and accelerate patient access to breakthrough medications.