Tuija Keinonen
member of the board
oy medfiles
Sweden
Biography
Tuija Keinonen has been the CEO of Medfiles Ltd between 1999 and 2005 and then the CEO of Medfiles Group since 2005. She has over 20 years’ experience in contract research business and its establishment. She has now led Medfiles Ltd and been the member of the board for over 14 years. Before this position Tuija Keinonen was Medfiles’ clinical research director (and 4 years the quality director responsible for establishment of the company’s quality system). Before Medfiles she worked as a deputy pharmacist in charge of a hospital pharmacy (Vaajasalo hospital) and project researcher (pharmaceutical chemistry) at the University of Kuopio. In 2003, Tuija Keinonen defended her doctoral dissertation (Clinical Drug Trials in Finland: Quality and Characteristics) on pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Kuopio. She has published scientific articles on clinical trials and pharmaceutical chemistry. Furthermore, Tuija Keinonen led for over 3 years a contract manufacturing organization, Medipharmia Finland Ltd, a former subsidiary to Medfiles Group (the former Medikalla Group). She has experience in business acquisitions and business integration. She holds several positions of trust both in the private and public sector as well as board memberships. She is a frequently invited speaker at courses and seminars. Tuija Keinonen has also been an Estonian honorary consul (appointed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia) since 2012.
Research Interest
pharmaceutical chemistry
