She had worked in different hospitals as medical practitioner before switching to Pharma. She has more than 10 years of cross-functional R&D experience in the pharmaceutical industry including Literature Review Expert/ Medical Evaluator, Clinical Trials Group Manager, Business Development- and Project Manager/ Clinical Trials Center. Aliona joined Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany, in October 2011 where she has been working since then as Global Drug Safety Product Leader, being accountable for all medical safety aspects of assigned medicinal products.