Pharmaceutical Executive

Repurposing Drugs - How One Doctor Saved His Own Life And Hopes To Save Others

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two companies join forces to unlock the hidden potential in existing drugs to save lives suffering from rare diseases. In 2010, Dr. David Fajgenbaum, ...

Tearing Down Silos to Usher Innovative Medicines to Patients Faster

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cathi Ahearn is a seasoned biotechnology leaders with formative stints at Genentech, Roche, and now at Bristol Myers Squibb, as SVP of worldwide comme...

Recruiting Talent In Pharma

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Across most industries, finding and keeping the right talent is a constant challenge for companies. This challenge is perhaps even more prevalent in t...

Behind the Creative: Let’s Hear from the Creators

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Join Tina Fascetti, CCO of The Agency Network at MJH Life Sciences for a podcast interview with Ryan Potter, ACD Art, and Priscila Ramos, ACD Copy, fr...

The Explosive Arrival of Chat GPT and Generative AI

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In his position, Faruk Capan leads thousands of employees around the globe with a focus on bold innovation—one can imagine how excited he is about C...

Working In A Male-Dominated Field

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It is no easy feat to break into a male-dominated field as a woman, no less the bio/pharmaceutical industry. Piper Trelstad, PhD, head of chemistry, m...

Let’s Get Social: The Ascendancy of Social Media to the Top of the Media Mix

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Powers-Han, chief marketing officer at Greater Than One, has a couple of decades in the industry and is always on top of the latest trends in ...

Gene Therapies: 2023 Predictions and Commercialization Challenges

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cell and gene therapies are at the tip of everyone’s tongues in biopharma. Significant headway has been made in this space, though there is more res...

In Flux: The Sales & Marketing Outlook For 2023

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As a society and industry, we’re emerging out of a period of hyper-accelerated digital and virtual growth, a positive born out of the COVID-19 pande...

The Gap In Mental Health Treatments: Schizophrenia

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s episode, Meg Rivers, editor-in-chief, and Miranda Schmalfuhs, group social media editor, speak with Steve Paul, chairman of the board...

Tuning Into CTV - Real Time Data For Marketers

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marcella Milliet Sciorra, Chief Marketing Officer at DeepIntent, discusses Connected TV, or CTV, how it differs from over the top, and how CTV fits in...

Leadership in the US vs. Europe and Launching a Rare Disease Drug

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 121 of the Pharm Exec Podcast, Nathalie Dompé, co-CEO of Dompé Pharmaceuticals, shares a glimpse into her journey in the pharma industry,...

Sounds of Our Sister Brands

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 120, Nico Saraceno, editor of Pharmaceutical Commerce and host of the Pharmaceutical Commerce Podcast, and Andy Studna, associate editor an...

Behind the Creative…..Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Sarah McKinnon

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah McKinnon, Senior Art Director at The Grey Group, discusses her entrance into the advertising world through blending art and science in school, u...

Making a Difference

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 119, Doina Ionescu, Managing Director, UK & ROI, at Merck, discusses her career journey, gender discrimination in the workplace, her ro...

Derm Decisions For Younger Children

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 118, Paula Brown Stafford, CEO of Novan, discusses the company’s upcoming NDA filing for its topical agent for molluscum contagiosum, wha...

From Persia To Precision Medicine

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 117, Helen Sabzevari, CEO of Precigen, discusses her drive to study science as a Persian-born woman, the opportunities she’s had to resea...

The Quest To Counter Alzheimer’s

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 116, Dr. Greg Rippon, vice president and chief medical partner at Genentech, discusses his work in Alzheimer’s and his outlook for the fu...

Defining Diversity

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 115, Raj Verma, chief diversity, culture, and experience officer at Sanofi, discusses the various ways people see diversity around the worl...

Behind the Creative….Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Halen Dang and Carrie Morris

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Proximyl Health’s Halen Dang, VP, Creative Director of Art and Carrie Morris, VP, Creative Director of Copy discuss remote teamwork and how to succe...

Managing Workplace Stress

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 114, Tiago Reis Marques, MD, PhD, CEO of Pasithea Therapeutics, discusses why it’s important to manage high levels of workplace stress, a...

Serving The Patient

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 113, Indranil Bagchi, senior vice president and worldwide head, value and access at Novartis, and member of Pharmaceutical Executive Editor...

Behind the Creative…Inspiring Award Winning Creative Carolyn O’Neill

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Carolyn O’Neill, Chief Creative Officer of Centron discusses their APEX-award winning global disease awareness campaign for both HCPs and patients, ...

Emerging Successful

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nima Farzan, CEO of Kinnate, who was one of Pharmaceutical Executive’s Emerging Pharma Leaders in 2013, discusses how he’s successfully navigated ...

Behind the Creative…Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Omair Ahmed

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nexus Pharmaceuticals' Chief Strategy Officer Omair Ahmed discusses their APEX-award winning EMERPHED™ campaign, which built on the ideas of simplif...

Creating A Space For Women’s Health

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Ali, CEO of Organon, talks about how’s he’s lead the launch of a new niche company for women’s health, and what he hopes it can achieve.

Inside The Metaverse For Pharma

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Winell, chief technology officer of Greater Than One, talks about the metaverse and the potential it has to serve the pharma industry.

Behind the Creative…Inspiring Award Winning Creative with John England

08 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CDM Princeton’s Senior Creative Vice President John England discuss the company’s APEX-award winning Ilumya campaign “Defy the Laws of Psoriasis...

New Guidance For Biopharma Investor ESG Communications

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Myrto Kontaxi, a partner in the Biopharma Sustainability Roundtable, and lead author on its updated Biopharma Investor ESG Communications Guidance; an...

Behind the Creative...Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Cindy Machles and Nate Whipple

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Glue Advertising's Cindy Machles, CEO and Co-founder & Nate Whipple, Producer, discuss their APEX-award winning respiratory campaign "For My Lung ...

Announcing Our 2022 Emerging Pharma Leaders

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 108, the rest of the PharmExec editorial staff join Elaine and Miranda to give more insight into the profiles they've written about the ele...

Behind the Creative...Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Troy Clark and Anne Brown

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Biolumina's Troy Clark, SVP, Creative Director, and Anne Brown, SVP, Creative Director, Copy discuss their APEX-award winning website "Be in the Know"...

The Pulse Of Oncology

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 107, Camille Hertzka, VP, head of oncology US medical at AstraZeneca, talks about her experience as a leader in oncology over the years and...

Changing Cancer Care with CAR-T

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 106, Christi Shaw, CEO of Kite, a Gilead Company, talks about how CAR T-cell therapies are impacting cancer care and the lessons she’s le...

A Look at Latin America

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 105, Rolf Hoenger,  area head of Latin America at Roche  Pharma, talks about the current pharma landscape in Latin America and his expe...

The Art of Science

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 104, Susanne Schaffert, president of Novartis Oncology, discusses her career journey, which has combined both a passion for the arts and sc...

Respiratory Issues

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Clarke, CEO and co-founder of Kinaset Therapeutics, talks about developing inhaled therapies to fight asthma and COPD, which is especially rele...

Serving an Aging Population

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 102, Mike Devoy, chief medical officer of Bayer, also executive vice president of medical affairs and pharmacovigilance for Bayer’s Pharm...

Digital Awareness

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bruno Larvol, CEO and founder of Larvol, discusses how he is invested in the digital world, both personally and professionally, and the impact it can ...

Industry Outlook 2022

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our milestone 100th episode includes Lisa Henderson, group editorial director; Julian Upton, European and online editor; Fran Pollaro, senior editor; ...

Episode 99: Caring About Specialty

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Sibold, executive vice president and head of Sanofi Genzyme, talks about his work in specialty care over the past 10 years and what makes it uniq...

Episode 98: Family Run Pharma

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Giacomo Chiesi, Head of Global Rare Diseases at the Chiesi Group, discusses what it has been like growing up around pharma, and how he’s turned a fa...

Episode 97: Diving Into Pharm Exec’s 2022 Pipeline Report

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Ward, Global Head of Thought Leadership in the Decision Resources Group at Clarivate, discusses PharmExec’s 2022 pipeline report, which appears...

Episode 96: Forging New Paths In Oncology

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Whitten, CEO and president of Taiho Oncology, discusses how innovative thinking—from developing new therapies to creating a podcast for employee...

Episode 95: CEOs Share Their Industry Outlook

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Stoll, US Life Sciences Strategy Leader at KPM, talks about some of the highlights from KPMG’s recent Global Pharma CEO Outlook report.

Episode 94: Women Leading The Way

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amie Krause, Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer, and Kristin Yarema, Chief Commercial Officer, of Atara Biotherapeutics, talk about gender...

Episode 93: Cultural Cues in Oncology

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Petroutsas, Senior Vice President and Head of GSK’s US Oncology Business Unit, talks about how his background has taught him the importance ...

Episode 92: Digesting The GI Market

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tom McCourt, CEO of Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, talks about his 30-plus years in the gastrointestinal space, including his experiences bringing top GI m...

Episode 91: A New Way to Partner With Academia

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Michael Henderson, chief business officer of BridgeBio Pharma, and one of Pharm Exec’s 2021 Emerging Pharma Leaders, discusses how his company g...

Episode 90: Innovating Ways to Fight Cancer

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Edith Perez, Chief Medical Officer of Bolt Biotherapeutics, discusses how she approaches drug development in oncology, and what she contributes ou...

Episode 89: Cellicon Valley Outlook

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Audrey Greenberg, co-founder and executive managing director of the Center for Breakthrough Medicines and Discovery Labs, discusses how cell and gene ...

Episode 88: The Science of Starting a Biotech

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yan Chen, CEO of Elpis Biopharmaceuticals, discusses how she transformed her scientific background into launching her own biotech.

Episode 87: Attacking Bladder Cancer From All Sides

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Arthur Kuan, CEO of CG Oncology, talks about the present and future of bladder cancer therapies, and how he’s committed to making a difference.

Behind the Creative...Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Cherie Davies

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cherie Davies, SVP, Executive Creative Director at FCB Chicago, talks about inspiring award-winning creative, especially in COVID times.

Episode 86: Cancer as a Catalyst

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Emma Chaffin, vice president and country head of Galapagos UK, talks about how she has dealt with her own cancer diagnosis and the effects it has had...

Episode 85: Managing the Dynamics of Oncology

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Teresa Bitetti, President of the Global Oncology Business Unit at Takeda Pharmaceuticals discusses the dynamic nature of the oncology space, and how l...

Episode 84: Vaccines Beyond COVID

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Judy Stewart, head of US vaccines at GSK, talks about the effects of people missing their recommended vaccinations during the pandemic and the importa...

Behind the Creative...Inspiring Award Winning Creative with Kathy Delaney

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tina and Kathy Delaney, CCO of Publicis Health/Saatchi Wellness, chat about creative inspiration, trends and surreal career moments in this episode of...

Episode 83: The Strength of Veterans in Pharma

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Starich, CEO of Orion Talent, and Dr. Armand Balboni, CEO of Appili Therapeutics, discuss how veterans have specific skills and qualities that ca...

Behind the Creative: Creative Impact on Brand Success

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Darrell Wakefield, Franchise Head, Solid Tumor, Sanofi Genzyme, talks creative impact on brand success.

Announcing Our 2021 Emerging Pharma Leaders

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Since 2008, Pharmaceutical Executive has recognized a class of biopharma professionals to receive the title Emerging Pharma Leader. This year, along w...

Episode 82: Integrating Sustainability Into Biopharma Strategy

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sandor Schoichet, an independent advisor, and director of Meridian Management Consultants based in San Francisco, and Pharm Exec’s Sustainability co...

Behind the Creative: Inspiring Award-Winning Creative

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Shaheed Peera, President, Founder and CEO of The Creative Floor Awards, London, and Global Creative Lead for Reckitt Benckiser ECom, talks about inspi...

Episode 81: Cancer Research Amid COVID

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Michele Cleary, CEO of the Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, discusses how the foundation has navigated COVID to help keep critical cancer rese...

Episode 80: Rugby Rules in Pharma

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

John Furey, CEO of Imvax and an Editorial Advisory Board member for Pharm Exec, discusses some leadership principles he learned while playing rugby as...

Episode 79: Managing Quarantine Remotely

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Uche Iloeje, Vice President medical affairs Mirdametenib at SpringWorks Therapeutics, shares his experience after he became stranded in Nigeria for fi...

Episode 78: The Digital Denouement of COVID

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Shawah, Executive Vice President of Strategy at Veeva Systems, looks back at the past year of the pandemic to see the digital transformation of p...

Episode 77: The Effects of AI on IP

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Buckley, founder of Torrey Pines Law Group, and Neil Thompson, a patent agent with the firm, discuss IP strategy as it relates to pharma and art...

Episode 76: Repatriating Pharma

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joel Marcus, founder and executive chairman of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, and founder and CEO of Alexandria Venture Investments, discusses the d...

Episode 75: Protecting Pharma Through Cybersecurity

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Nawrocki, managing director of digital investigations and cyber defense at Nardello & Co., discusses cybersecurity in pharma, including topi...

Episode 74: 2021 Industry Outlook

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Editorial Director, Lisa Henderson; European and online editor, Julian Upton; Senior Editor, Elaine Quilici ;and Assistant Editors of Pharmaceutical E...

Episode 73: Biotech’s IPO Steamroll

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gregg Beloff, co-founder of Danforth Advisors, discusses the banner year biotech IPOs had in 2020, the drive behind that boom, and what the future of ...

Episode 72: Trying to Outpace Rare Disease

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rich Horgan, founder and president of Cure Rare Disease(CRD), discusses how he sprang into action when his brother was diagnosed with Duchenne muscula...

Episode 71: Connecting With NPs and PAs

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sacha Ward, chief client officer of Point of Care Network, discusses how COVID has affected the roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants,...

Episode 70: Keeping Pharma Informed

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Krystle Buntemeyer, president of SCORR Marketing, and Bharat Mehta, co-founder of PharmaCompass, discuss a new, free online tool called Pipeline Prosp...

Episode 69: Fighting Influenza During COVID

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Gregg Sylvester, chief medical officer of Seqirus, discusses the importance of vaccinating against the seasonal flu amid the COVID pandemic, and h...

Episode 68: Rocking Garage Biotech

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Panna Sharma, CEO of Lantern Pharma, discusses garage biotech, what he’s learned from the culture, and how it might help transform certain areas of ...

Episode 67: Succeeding Through Adversity

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sanjeev Luther, president and CEO of Rafael Pharmaceuticals, discusses how he managed to turn around a company on the brink of bankruptcy and advance ...

Episode 66: New Approach to Antithrombotics

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Neil Hayward, CEO and founder of eXlthera, is here to discuss his company, which is developing Factor XI inhibitor antithrombotics that are attack...

Episode 65: Creating a Path for Innovation

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

George Baxter, CEO of Edinburgh Innovations, is here to discuss the company's commercialization model, and how his group is bringing innovation to mar...

Episode 64: The Complexities of Managing ADHD

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Khattar, president and CEO of Supernus Pharmaceuticals, talks about his experience bringing ADHD drugs to market in a challenging environment.

Episode 63: Three Simple Principles to Improve Leadership

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Turbiville, author of the recently published book “The Perfect Leadership Triad: How Top Executives Maximize Productivity through People, Coach...

Episode 62: The Future of Pharma’s Supply Chain

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kurt Orlofski, CEO of Pharmaceutical Associates Inc., discusses what the pharmaceutical supply chain might look like post COVID-19, and how companies ...

Episode 61: Preparing for Virtual High-Stakes Meetings

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim and Cindy DiBiasi, co-founders of 3D Communications, talk about how to prepare for virtual high-level meetings, such as important regulatory prese...

Episode 60: Leading With Compassion

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Walbert, CEO of Horizon Therapeutics, shares his unique perspective on managing the Chicago location of the company through COVID-19, in light of ...

Episode 59: Using Tau to Target Alzheimer’s

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Janice Kranz, co-founder of Eikonizo Therapeutics, bring us up to date on how targeting tau to fight Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative disease...

Episode 58: Understanding FDA’s Gene Therapy Guidelines

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jonathan Gertler, CEO of Back Bay Life Science Advisors, and Dr. Stephan Gauldie, Managing Director of Back Bay, talk about the new guidelines set...

Episode 57: Planning for Pharma’s New Normal

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pratap Khedkar, managing principal of ZS Associates, talks about pharma’s scenario planning amid COVID-19 as it looks to settle into a new normal.

Episode 56: Killing Cancer Through Direct Injection

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lew Bender, founder of Intensity Therapeutics and the inventor of Intensity’s DfuseRx platform technology, discusses the technology that allows the ...

Episode 55: Developing a Maternal RSV Vaccine

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kathrin Jansen, Senior Vice President and Head of Vaccine Research and Development at Pfizer, talks about the challenges of creating a new maternal va...

Episode 54: Taking Advantage of Digital Marketing

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Paquette, DeepIntent co-founder and CEO, talks about the evolution of digital marketing in pharma, specifically, how to approach data and techno...

Episode 53: Fabulous Pharma Females

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Barbara Ryan, founder of Barbara Ryan Advisors, a member of PharmExec’s editorial advisory board, and the founder of Fabulous Pharma Females discuss...

Episode 52: Cannabinoids

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yuval Cohen, CEO of Corbus Pharmaceuticals, talks about cannabinoids, the differences between natural and synthetic products, and how biotechs and pha...

Episode 51: Combating Coronavirus

05 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Eric von Hofe, Chief Scientific Officer at NuGenerex Immuno-Oncology talks about the recent outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus around the world and how...

Episode 50: Pharma Pricing Climate in Washington

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Strazzella, head of federal government relations for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, talks about pricing issues in the pharmaceutical industry, ...

Episode 49: Navigate Emerging Markets with Data Science

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pharm Exec speaks with Nigel Breakwell and Ben Randal, co-founders of Dot I/O Health. Nigel and Ben talk about how they’re using data science in the...

Episode 48: 2020 Industry Outlook

23 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pharm Exec editors discuss the themes chosen for the January issue focusing on industry trends for the coming year.

Episode 47: Identifying Adherence Issues

09 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Heather Monte, Director of Operations for DirectRx, talks about the specialty pharma’s new Patient Scorecard, which aims to identify and improve adh...

Episode 46: Persistence and Planning Pays Off

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Julia Owens, co-founder and CEO of Millendo Therapeutics talks about how to keep a company on the path to success, even when there are bumps in the ro...

Episode 45: Getting Drug Approval Through FDA LPAD

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

William Lewis, chairman and CEO of Insmed talks about the approval of the company’s drug Arikayce through the FDA’s Limited Population Pathway for...