Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw

Inspiring Women with Laurie McGraw


EP. 54 Risk taking is a whole lot easier with a trusted support system. Just ask Miruna Sasu.

September 20, 2021


Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Miruna Sasu, PhD, and Chief Strategy Office of COTA, Inc.  Always a risk taker, Miruna thrives on the challenges of pursuing big ideas and changing something drastically.  But risk taking comes with having a support system, one that she trusts, not only her husband and family, but also trusted friends and mentors.  With that, Miruna believes there is never a wrong time to pursue something next.


Miruna has more than 20 years of experience at leading life science organizations such as Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Most recently, Miruna was serving as the head of Johnson & Johnson’s Clinical Trial Feasibility and Advanced Analytics team where she drove global adoption of integrated real-world data and innovation strategies across several therapeutic areas.


Miruna is an accomplished executive with a track record of success when it comes to driving broad-based digital innovation. Miruna brings deep experience in the utilization and scaling of emerging innovations to advance drug portfolios. She also has both a Ph.D. in biology and statistics, and a master’s in business administration.


With decades of in-house life science experience, Miruna’s guidance and collaboration will prove invaluable to COTA clients that are looking to drive innovation and accelerate availability of much-needed cancer drugs and therapies through the adoption and at-scale use of real-world data.


In her new role as Chief Strategy Officer, Life Sciences, Miruna will play a critical role in setting the strategy and executing the solutions delivery to meet critical needs in partnership with life science companies to drive efficient and optimal drug development.


You can find Miruna Sasu, PhD on LinkedIn.


Read the transcript here.