Sarah Murrat
Sarah Murrat is a Life Science Consulting professional whose goal is to develop personalized healthcare solutions resulting in better patient outcomes. The end result: better overall quality of life for those affected.
That desire to improve the lives of others – whether on the individual or societal level – is what has fueled Sarah’s work in Biopharma and Biotech, combining science, ingenuity, and leading-edge technologies.
Native to Switzerland, born of Lebanese heritage, and currently based in the New York City area, Sarah’s personal background has readily lent itself to her global perspective. She speaks four languages fluently, adapts comfortably to new circumstances, and has an innate altruistic nature. These traits, in combination with a strong work ethic, became the catalyst for her to attend Medical School at the University of Geneva, and to study Chemical Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), one of the top engineering schools in the world. Sarah received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry/Minor in Math from Muhlenberg College, and later earned her Master of Engineering in Biological Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University; both of those institutions based in Pennsylvania.
Fast forward to today, Sarah has proactively worked in the Biotech field, holding roles such as a product research engineer, project manager and consultant for some of the most reputable biopharma companies, including Emergent, Biogen, Sanofi, allergen, amongst several others. Some of her duties include (but are not limited to) draft testing studies per industry requirements, full results reporting to clients across the lab and industrial scales and managing the validation and design standards of documents for medical devices and biopharma products following FDA, BPSA, BPOG requirements.
In years since, Sarah has proactively worked in the Biotech field, holding roles such as product research engineer, project manager, and consultant for highly respected biopharma companies including Emergent, Biogen, Wuxi, Allergen, and several others. Her duties have included – but have not been limited to – draft-testing studies as per industry requirements, full results reporting to clients across the lab and industrial scales, and managing the validation and design standards of documents for medical devices including single use technologies and Biopharma projects as per FDA, USP, BPSA, and BPOG requirements.
Additionally, Sarah is heavily integrated on the marketing concepts of new Biotech products, risk assessing, the design of single-use facilities for API production, and using established testing standards such as USP, AAMII, BPOG. She holds SME-level expertise involving single-use technologies, mammalian cell culture and fermentation, gamma sterilization, and is well versed in the qualification/chemical compatibility of class VI components and leachable approaches/testing protocols.
Sarah has made it her goal to pursue the skills necessary to bolster life quality for others, leveraging her dynamic expertise and her altruistic nature to improve the wellbeing of patients. She pioneers effective medicament solutions and innovative equipment that offers sustainable impacts across the healthcare sector. Her strength as a leader of high-performing teams, her keen problem-solving skills, and her commitment to make medical care more accessible to everyone are the factors that have positioned Sarah to become the renowned Life Science expert she is today, continuously striving to raise the bar on existing industry standards.
Sarah Murrat is as committed in her personal life as she is in her professional one, offering mentorship for STEM graduates and students, advocating for Women in Science at the United Nations, and in her everyday life enjoying time with her family. As parents, she and her husband are intent upon providing their four children the opportunity to explore and familiarize themselves with the world as they have, through travel and exposure to other cultures, instilling in them the desire to also connect with and care about those around them.