Scientific foundation
Diplom in Chemistry from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
About
Pharmacovigilance leadership grounded in responsibility and practice
Reinhold Schilling is an experienced pharmaceutical professional with senior responsibility in global pharmacovigilance, regulatory accountability and safety governance. His work connects scientific judgement, operational oversight, leadership and clear decision-making in regulated environments.
Across professional practice, teaching and writing, his focus remains the same: making complex responsibilities understandable, operational and defensible.
Patient safety depends on clear accountability, sound judgement and systems that remain effective under pressure.
Professional journey
Connecting science, regulation and organisational responsibility
Reinhold’s professional path began with scientific education and developed through regulatory affairs into senior pharmacovigilance responsibility. His experience includes global pharmacovigilance governance, signal and risk management, safety quality systems, audits, inspection readiness and collaboration across pharmaceutical functions.
This combination shapes a perspective that is both scientific and organisational: evidence must be assessed carefully, but decisions must also be communicated, documented and implemented through effective systems.
Scientific foundation
Chemistry and evidence-based reasoning
Regulatory perspective
Drug regulatory affairs and pharmacovigilance requirements
Operational responsibility
Global governance, oversight and leadership
Current responsibility
Global pharmacovigilance oversight
Reinhold serves as Head of Global Pharmacovigilance, EU Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance and Stufenplanbeauftragter within an internationally operating pharmaceutical organisation.
These responsibilities involve oversight of pharmacovigilance systems, regulatory accountability, governance across organisational interfaces and the quality of safety-related decisions and processes.
At a glance
Professional profile
- Role
- Head of Global Pharmacovigilance
- Regulatory functions
- EU Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance · Stufenplanbeauftragter
- Professional focus
- Global pharmacovigilance governance, regulatory accountability and patient safety
- Experience
- More than a decade in pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs
- Academic qualifications
- Diplom in Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn · Master of Drug Regulatory Affairs
- Academic teaching
- Pharmacovigilance at Goethe Business School and Reutlingen University
- Professional membership
- Pharmacovigilance Committee of BPI e.V.
- Additional activities
- Academic lecturer, trainer, speaker and author
- Working languages
- German and English
Qualifications
Scientific education and regulatory specialisation
Regulatory specialisation
Master of Drug Regulatory Affairs.
This combination provides the foundation for work that connects scientific evidence, regulatory requirements and pharmaceutical decision-making.
Beyond operational responsibility
Teaching, professional learning and writing
Alongside his operational responsibilities, Reinhold contributes to academic education, professional learning and writing on pharmacovigilance, leadership and responsible use of artificial intelligence.
Academic Teaching
Teaching pharmacovigilance to undergraduate students and participants in postgraduate pharmaceutical management education.
Explore Academic TeachingTraining & Speaking
Tailored professional learning, executive briefings and speaking formats for pharmaceutical and academic audiences.
Explore Training & SpeakingBooks & Publications
Current writing projects at the intersection of pharmacovigilance, leadership, artificial intelligence and professional practice.
Explore Books & PublicationsProfessional principles
How responsibility is approached
Patient safety
Keep the purpose of pharmacovigilance visible when systems, processes and priorities become complex.
Accountability
Make responsibilities, decisions and escalation paths clear.
Evidence
Distinguish documented information, professional judgement and unresolved uncertainty.
Practical implementation
Translate regulatory expectations into processes and decisions that can work in real organisations.
Perspective
Professional responsibility requires more than technical knowledge
Pharmacovigilance is built on scientific assessment and regulatory requirements, but its effectiveness also depends on governance, communication, organisational design and professional judgement.
Reinhold’s work focuses on the point where these elements meet: where evidence must become a decision, responsibility must become action and oversight must remain demonstrable.
Independence
The views expressed on this website are Reinhold Schilling’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of his employer or any affiliated organisation.
This website presents personal professional activities in teaching, writing, training and professional exchange.
Professional exchange
Connect about pharmacovigilance, teaching or professional collaboration
For professional exchange, training and speaking enquiries, academic collaboration or questions relating to current writing projects, please get in touch.