Yan Cai - Medical Director

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Yan Cai - Medical Director

Name: Yan Cai Education: MD and PhD degree in Anaesthesiology Job title: Medical Director Department: International Operations Clinical Development Centre (IO CDC), Beijing

”My main responsibility is to go out and get ideas to generate and develop clinical programmes for drug candidates. How do we go about the work of proving that a drug candidate is both safe and effective?”

Learning to communicate

”I attend conferences globally and organise meetings with some of the top experts in specific fields to discuss with them and learn from them. The objective is to be inspired by new ideas and new knowledge and continue to update and improve our clinical programs.”

I have learned how to be a positive challenge and have constructive discussion with the experts. It is all about communication. This is a real skill.”

A professional environment

”Even though I don’t work in a hospital, I still have my doctor colleagues. We are all doctors here and we challenge each other in discussions every day.

Being successful to me is to know more, understand more, learn more. To feel that I am improving. I also like the fact that no two days are alike. Things change from day to day. New projects, new people, new knowledge, new ideas. It stimulates my thinking.”