Authors

Content director at The Vanguard Network, an advisory organization that connects industry leaders through in-person forums and virtual exchanges. His work has appeared in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.

The president and head of U.S. commercial at Astellas. Prior to Astellas, Petroutsas served as senior vice president, U.S. Specialty and Oncology Business, at GSK. There he successfully launched the US Oncology division and focused on commercializing medicines to help many patients with complex diseases in immunology, hepatology, respiratory and renal areas. Before that, he held senior positions at Pfizer and Novartis Oncology.

Is vice president, offering development within IQVIA’S global commerce offering business responsible for global launch excellence. Over the past 25 years, she has worked with some of the world’s most successful brands across both the pharma and CPG industries in Europe, the Americas, and Southeast Asia.

Sean Werner is the Chief Technology Officer of Cell Processing at BioLife Solutions, a leading provider of bioproduction tools and services to the cell and gene therapy and broader biopharma markets. BioLife acquired Sexton Biotechnologies in 2021 where Sean was President of the company known for providing processing and handling solutions for the CGT industry. Sean received his PhD from Purdue University in Biology followed by post-doctoral positions at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Eli Lilly. Sean has previous experience filling various roles in the scientific, global regulatory, and general management functions supporting medical devices, autologous cell therapy, and single use disposable development programs. In his 23 years working in the life science industry, he has guided regenerative medicine research programs, pre-clinical and clinical testing and submission strategies leading to global commercialization of medical devices and bioprocessing tools and successful initiation of multi-national cell therapy clinical studies.