Executive Profiles

Harvard Business School Professor Joseph B. Fuller talks about the future prospects for pharma sales forces as they face more restrictions on accessing their target physicians and looming concerns of automation.

Alnylam's new Chief Commercial Officer, Tolga Tanguler, talks about his new role and what he envisions for the company in the next five years.

Building on a lifelong passion for biomedical research, and then its application in policy and health equity as a leader in various interconnected settings, Michelle McMurry-Heath, president and CEO of BIO, is uniquely positioned as a “translator” for science and social advocacy—and speaking stakeholders to action.

Amgen board member and serial CEO Fred Hassan talks about the three levers Fortune 500 C-suites should consider as they position their firms from pilots to enterprise-wide digital transformation.

Annovis Bio's Maria L. Maccecchini, Ph.D., talks about why she, as a scientist and biotech company entrepreneur, became focused on protecting nerve cells in the brain and in the body, as a way to treat neurodegenerative disease.

David Johnson, Global Director Commercial Excellence at ADVANZ PHARMA, talks about the importance of ensuring the continued supply of complex medicines to European hospitals, to enhance access to critical medicines, helping to broaden patient choice and optimize health outcomes.

Early career ‘assist’ ignites calling in data and healthcare disruption.

Learning from others and leading by example provides full-circle success.

Going all-in on accelerating the promise of cell therapy at larger scale.

Script change from destined life in research to wild pace of biotech pays off.

From big pharma to underdog biotech, a mission to empower.

Applying a love for numbers in tackling drug-access delays around the world.

Bridging science and business with the end user in mind.

Excelling in specialty launch while paying it forward.

A passion for building the business engine behind treatments for rare disease.

Throwback scientist and entrepreneur leads quest to maximize gains in population health.

Startup CEO touts immunology technology to cure cancer and more.

Launching a big pharma biotech incubator during the pandemic.

Academic-focused leader advocates questioning and communicating to advance science.

Mike Gladstone, Pfizer’s Global President of Inflammation & Immunology (I&I), talks about how the company is addressing the unmet need in I&I and how its relationships with patients is fueling the quest for breakthroughs over ‘me too’ incremental improvements

Pascal Descargues, Ph.D., founder of Genoskin, talks about how the company is responding to the US government’s push to help pharma and biotech leaders speed clinical drug development and testing.

Building on early achievements as a research scientist and drug inventor, Rod MacKenzie, today the leader of global product development at Pfizer—and latest HBA Honorable Mentor—has devoted much of his career to helping others succeed, including advancing efforts to break down gender barriers in pharma.

Pharm Exec speaks to David Hysong, founder and Chief Executive Officer of SHEPHERD, whose mission, stated simply, is ”to make the drugs other companies won’t make to save lives others aren’t saving.”

Dr. Andrew (Drew) Otoo talks about how pharma employees can elevate their own value propositions.

Agile Therapeutics' CEO Al Altomari talks about his decade of leadership at the company and the process of launching a new product during COVID-19.

Dr. Matthias Schmidt talks about his new role leading the US subsidiary of Japan’s JCR Pharmaceuticals after a “far-from-easy” merger last year.

Michael Bailey, CEO of AVEO Oncology, discusses how his ultimate leadership path in biotech—the setbacks and “long slog of ups and downs”—continues to shape a patient-focused mission on bridging product development and commercialization to advance drugs for unmet need in cancer.

Pratap Khedkar, managing principal for ZS’ global pharmaceuticals practice, talks to Pharm Exec about what companies need to focus on to achieve and optimize digital transformation in 2021 and beyond.

Melissa Thompson, Alcon’s head of global corporate social responsibility, discusses her career commitment to CSR and how COVID-19 has impacted the organization’s efforts to improve access to eye care around the globe.

Sam Pearce, SVP, Head of Europe and International at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, talks about joining the company during a transformative period and how she is working to foster a bold and collaborative culture to expand Jazz’s footprint in Europe and beyond.