Sonja Beken

Sonja Beken is the Coordinator of the Unit of non-clinical evaluators at the Belgian Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products. This Unit is responsible for the evaluation of non-clinical data submitted to support all phases of drug development.
She is Chair of the 3Rs Working Party and member of the Non-clinical Working party at the European Medicines Agency. Over the years, Sonja Beken contributed to the direct identification of opportunities for regulatory implementation of 3R testing paradigms through her active involvement in large-scale international initiatives (e.g. ILSI HESI).
Her main areas of expertise relate to regulatory science, non-clinical drug development, (in vitro) toxicology and metabolism and 3Rs.