Roche shares its innovation strategy with postgraduate program students
Professionals from group the business reality and future challenges of the healthcare sector group to students of the MIDI and MUGEP master's programs.
15 | 12 | 2025
The School Pharmacy and Nutrition at the University of Navarra has organized a new meeting Focused in which Roche experts shared their experience in development innovation and development with students from Master's Degree Drug research, development Innovation (MIDI) and the Master's Degree in Pharma-Biotech management (MUGEP).
During the workshop, which took place at the postgraduate program headquarters postgraduate program Madrid, Roche professionals addressed core topic digital transformation in healthcare, the role of corporate commitment in the development innovative solutions, research new drugs, the impact of artificial intelligence on internship , and the importance of an innovation-oriented culture to drive sustainable change in the industry.
These reflections gave students first-hand insight into how Roche integrates research development medicines and new diagnostic and therapeutic tools into its daily activities, highlighting in particular its commitment to innovation, which has established it as one of the leading companies in research and development within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector.
It also gave them the opportunity to delve deeper into the challenges facing the sector and the business reality towards which they will be directing their professional future, focused on promoting well-being and improving people's quality of life.
From Roche, Rita Casas, Regional Healthcare Solutions Leader Northeast; María del Valle Somiedo, Pipeline Acceleration Team Lead; Santiago Conesa, Drug-Device Platform Enabler; Pedro Álvarez de la Gala, Digital Innovation Lead; and María Soler, Global Learning & Development, participated in the focus group.
Representing the School Pharmacy and Nutrition were the dean, María Javier Ramírez; the vice dean of faculty research, Carmen Sanmartín; Ariane Vettorazzi and Silvia Pérez, directors of MIDI and MUGEP, respectively; and Elena Puerta, scientific coordinator of MIDI.
This partnership between Roche and the University of Navarra demonstrates Roche's commitment to training professionals, as well as the School close connection School industry and the researcher community. This relationship allows for the design of constantly updated curricula that are aligned with the reality of the sector.
