Executive Profiles

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.

Mark Altmeyer, CEO of Arvelle, offers three recommendations for big pharma executives who are considering making the leap to startups.

Deeply shaped by the experiences of his parents and an early charge to help drive social change, Global Blood Therapeutics’ Ted Love comes at sickle cell disease from a place of caring and urges pharma to follow suit to bring justice to all.

Kevin Foust, Senior Director of Research & Early Development at Novartis Gene Therapies, talks to Pharm Exec about his involvement in the development of Zolgensma, the first and only gene therapy approved to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

Samit Hirawat, chief medical officer at Bristol Myers Squibb, talks about his leading role in BMS’ $300M, five-year plan to expand its efforts in health equity and his career-long commitment to putting patients first.

Matt Ros, EVP, chief strategy and business officer of Epizyme, talks to Pharm Exec about his career in oncology and his role in transforming an epigenetics R&D company into a fully integrated commercial business.

Dr. Husseini Manji talks to Pharm Exec about his new role as J&J's Head of Science for Minds and how he hopes to foster new ways to treat dementia and serious mental disorders and provide holistic mental care.

Angus Grant, Ph.D., Chief Business Executive of BeiGene, talks to Pharm Exec about his role and his vision for the company’s programs in oncology and beyond.

Anne E. White, president, Lilly Oncology, talks about how the lessons she learned from leading a startup helped her to speed Lilly’s drug development from target identification through successful launch

A glimpse inside the latest turn in Liz Barrett’s influential journey as an oncology executive—this time leaving the confines of big pharma to tackle the innovation void in treating urologic cancers.

Filippo Petti is CEO of Celyad Oncology tells Pharm Exec how the pandemic has affected his role as a US-based CEO to a Belgian company.

EXUMA Biotech's Dr. Greg Frost talks about his work making CAR-T cell therapy readily accessible and affordable.

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire biotech entrepreneur and owner of NantWorks, a network of health startups, discusses his companies’ COVID-19 vaccine candidate and its “fighting chance” to outsmart the virus’s hidden tricks through merging supercomputing and modernized DNA delivery.

Former physician and clinical researcher Antony Loebel, now president and CEO of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, discusses his career-long mission to advance novel treatments for patients suffering from serious and underserved CNS disorders.

Pharm Exec speaks with Arndt Rolfs, CEO and founder of CENTOGENE, who discusses his company’s rise from a small genetic diagnostics startup to a global organization focused on advancing the understanding of the pathophysiology of rare hereditary diseases.

Pharm Exec presents the diverse stories of 11 rising biopharma managers.

For Sandra Horning, this year's Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Woman of the Year, harnessing the patient experience has been the driving force in a career-spanning-and service-focused-mission to fight disease and accelerate the delivery of new medicines.

AstraZeneca’s Habib Bennaceur talks about the key transitions in his career-from local to global-and his current role in positioning AZ’s Farxiga as a drug with the potential to impact the lives of both patients with and without type 2 diabetes.

Banks Bourne of Tanner Pharma Group talks about the organization's role in delivering access initiatives for products not commercially available in many parts of the world.