Ragini Shivji is a pharmacist, with a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham, UK. She worked for a number of years for the UK MHRA as a senior pharmaceutical assessor on a range of biotechnology / biological submissions. She has worked for the European Medicines Agency for eighteen years in the Quality Office, where her role as a principal quality specialist requires input into many aspects of biotechnology / biological applications with a focus on vaccines, particularly influenza and pandemic preparedness.