Karolina Gliwska-Szałankiewicz
Director Evidence Operations, Oncology Business Unit Medical Evidence AstraZeneca
Karolina Gliwska-Szałankiewicz is a Director of Evidence Operations at AstraZeneca, with over 13 years of experience spanning both CRO and sponsor environments. With a background in pharmacy and PMP certification, she specialises in leading global clinical programmes across phases I–IV, particularly in oncology, immunology, and rare diseases. Karolina brings deep expertise in project and people management, driving operational excellence and strategic decision-making at scale. She has also supported post-trial access programmes in oncology, ensuring continuity of care and extending patient impact beyond study completion.
Seminars
Monday 19th October 2026
Workshop C – Running EAPs Day to Day – Handling Operational Reality Without Losing Control
2:30 pm
- Handling incomplete or inconsistent requests from physicians without delaying patient access unnecessarily
- Managing grey areas, deviations, and edge cases that arise outside written procedures
- Differentiating issues that can be progressed within existing processes from those that require escalation or rework
- Building confidence in making pragmatic, defensible decisions while maintaining compliance and internal credibility
