Series 7: episode 8
In this week’s edition of the podcast, Isabel and Jade share an interview with Dr Harmony Garges, Chief Medical Officer, ViiV Healthcare. She speaks with Dr Jonathan Sackier, Host, EMJ Podcast, who joined the team in Reuters Barcelona where we met our guest.
Together, the two discuss Harmony’s decision to join the pharmaceutical industry, how treating children with HIV needs to be approached differently, her views on improving vital access to HIV treatment and much more. This is the longer version of her Catalyst interview with us, check that out here.
A little more on EMJ GOLD’s guest…
Dr Harmony Garges is the Chief Medical Officer at ViiV Healthcare, leading the global medical team. A physician with expertise in pediatric infectious diseases, she spent nearly 20 years caring for children with HIV and has 19 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. Dr Garges has contributed to the development and launch of numerous products and worked in R&D, pharmacovigilance and medical affairs.
In her role, she ensures human safety and medical governance and oversees the global medical affairs strategy. She completed her medical training at Duke University Medical Center, where she also served as Consulting Faculty and Associate Professor and holds an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.