About me
Ms. Beakes-Read is VP, Global Regulatory Policy and Intelligence at Johnson & Johnson. She leads the policy group, which works to shape the regulatory environment to support innovative drug development and patient access to new therapies. Before that, Ginny was at Amgen leading the Global Regulatory Policy team for 6 years. She also led the Global Regulatory Policy team at Eisai for 8 years, and was Special Counsel, Regulatory Strategy and Law. Ginny was at Genentech in a similar role. Previously, she worked in CDER for 8 years, responsible for regulations development. Ginny was an Army JAG, working as a prosecutor and appellate attorney. Before that, she was a nurse in the Air Force. Ginny holds B.S.N. and J.D. degrees from UVA.