Business Development leadership team
The partners who build teams
Our Business Development team is structured by therapeutic area to ensure we have the right expertise to identify, evaluate and transact on the right opportunities. Our Business Development leaders bring deep science, development and business expertise and work closely with R&D and commercial leaders to source external innovation that will augment our internal pipeline.
Cardiovascular, Fibrosis, Immunology and Neuroscience
Anna Rivkin, Ph.D.
Vice President, Cardiovascular, Fibrosis, Immunology and Neuroscience Business Development
Lawrenceville, NJ
Joseph Simeone
Executive Director, Business Development, Search & Evaluation, Cardiovascular, Fibrosis, Immunology and Neuroscience
Summit, NJ
Sunil Patel
Executive Director, Cardiovascular, Fibrosis, Immunology, Neuroscience Transactions
Lawrenceville, NJ
Sean O’Leary
Senior Director, Divestitures
Lawrenceville, NJ
Corporate Development
Erica Horwitz
Vice President, M&A
Lawrenceville, NJ
Robert Merriman
Executive Director, Corporate Development Transactions
Lawrenceville, NJ
Michael Patten
Executive Director, Equity and Venture Capital
Lawrenceville, NJ
Oncology, Hematology, and Cell Therapy Business Development
Jie D'Elia
Senior Vice President, Oncology, Hematology, and Cell Therapy Business Development
Lawrenceville, NJ
Martin Crook
Vice President, Oncology and Hematology Search & Evaluation
Lawrenceville, NJ
Michelle Li
Vice President, Business Development, Transactions, Oncology, Hematology, and Cell Therapy
Lawrenceville, NJ
Kasia Urbanska
Senior Director, Cell Therapy Search & Evaluation
Lawrenceville, NJ
Innovative Technologies
Konstantina Katcheves
Senior Vice President, Innovative Technologies Business Development and Geographic Search
Lawrenceville, NJ
Janusz Kostanski, Ph.D.
Vice President, Business Development Research Enabling and Digital Technologies
Lawrenceville, NJ
Michael Cucolo
Executive Director, Research and Enabling Transactions
Lawrenceville, NJ
Jay Foust
Executive Director, Translational Medicine Business Development
Lawrenceville, NJ
Michael McInerney
Executive Director, Digital Health Business Development
Lawrenceville, NJ
Fang Zhang
Executive Director, China Business Development & Geographic Search
John Fortin
Executive Director, Manufacturing, Cell and Gene Therapy Technologies
Lawrenceville, NJ
Transactional Excellence
Jennifer Schwartz
Vice President, Transactional Excellence
Lawrenceville, NJ
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