Executive Profiles

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.

Philipp Maerz, CEO of Allergopharma talks about how the company has evolved, his recent transition to CEO, and how he plans to expand in the allergy treatment market.

Rob Biederman, co-CEO of Catalant Technologies, on why biopharma employees should consider a new career path.

Veteran pharma leader Jay Galeota shares learnings and perspectives from an off-the-beaten-path career rise-one driven today by a mission to align the industry’s risk-taking approach across the entire drug life cycle.

Fabrice Chouraqui, former president of Novartis Pharmaceuticals US, shares what he learned about the digital landscape of pharma during his tenure with the company.

Ken Shimokawa, Founder and General Partner of G4S Capital, shares insights into what venture capitalists look for when evaluating emerging biopharmaceutical opportunities.

Natalie Douglas talks about her experience in the area of managed and expanded access and her new venture, RareiTi.

Leela Barham talks to Dr. Brian O’Rourke, outgoing President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), about his 11 in years in the role.

Led in part by its new head of the Americas business, Sebastian Guth, Bayer went all in in 2019 on expanding pursuits in science and discovery, striking deals with 11 digital health startups and upping investment in disease-detection programs and patient engagement and education.

AstraZeneca's Joris Silon outlines the company's efforts in CVRM (Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism) and the potential impact on type-2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease of SGLT2 inhibitors such as Forxiga.

Hari Pujar, chief technology officer of Spark Therapeutics, discusses the unique manufacturing and scale-up challenges involved with cell and gene therapy production.

Korn Ferry's Dr. Paul Pospisil talks to HBSHAA's Michael Wong about why biopharma employees should be excited about the industry's prospects.

Lundbeck executive Taj Bhardwaj talks about the differing mindsets necessary to lead local and global-level market access strategy in pharma-and how his current company is committed to stay in the fight to advance new treatments and break down stigmas in mental health.