Edwina Mandisodza

Biography

"I have been with Roche for six years. My role is to provide quality and safety, health, and environment (Quality and SHE) oversight for the organisation. This involves quality assurance check and approval of medicines for supply to New Zealand patients. I am responsible for the quality management system to ensure uninterrupted supply of safe medicines to patients and ensure that if anything goes wrong, issues are handled expeditiously to avoid harm to patients. I help to manage product complaints and coordinate recall / issue management, as well as routine Quality Risk Management. In checking medicines for supply to patients, I am checking that each batch meets NZ registered specifications that include checking each produced batch has the required amount of active pharmaceutical ingredients and meets its attributes for sterility, purity, and strength. This means New Zealanders are assured of high quality, safe, efficacious medicines. All this is done while ensuring sustainability so the impact of our operations on the environment is minimised, and the health and safety of our staff, contractors, and visitors is well taken care of."

Research Interest

quality and safety, health, and environment (Quality and SHE) oversight for the organisation.