Simplee, healthcare’s leading technology platform for engaging patients and addressing affordability with personalized paths to payment, has hired Liam Goudge as their Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships. Liam joins Simple from Nokia Technologies, where he served as their Head of Business Development and Strategy. In addition to an Engineering degree with honors from Nottingham University and post graduate diploma in marketing from Cambridge College of Marketing, Liam has held positions of increasing responsibility at SuVolta, Tessera, ARM Inc. (UK) and Texas Instruments (France).

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Dr. Shirali Agarwal has joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals as their new Medical Director, Hematology Oncology. Dr. Agarwal joins Jazz from Seattle Children’s Hospital and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where he served as a physician and Clinical Research Investigator. In addition to a Fellowship of Indian Academy of Pediatrics in Pediatric hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Dr. Agarwal has held positions of increasing related responsibility at BLK Super Specialty Hospital, Rainbow Children’s Hospital, a WHO Collaborating Centre for Research throughout his career.

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William Janzen has joined Ribometrix as their new Vice President – Lead Discovery & Research Operations. Mr. Bill Janzen joins Ribometrix following 30 years of experience across over 500 drug discovery projects. His experience in strategic lead generation activities spans academia, start-up ventures and large pharmaceutical companies. He has held executive and operational positions including executive director of lead generation at Epizyme, director of assay development and compound profiling at the University of North Carolina, president and chief operating officer of Amphora Discovery and director of lead generation technologies at Eli Lilly and Company.

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Islam Hassan, MD has joined Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as their new Associate Medical Director. Dr. Hassan joins Agios from The University of Texas, where he served in the Department of Cancer Systems Imaging. In addition to his Postdoctoral Fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Hassan has held positions of increasing related responsibility at the University of Texas Neuroradiology Section throughout his career.

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Guy De la Rosa, MD, has joined Takeda as their new Medical Director of Clinical Development - Norovirus. Dr. De la Rosa joins Takeda from Janssen R&D, where he served as the Medical Leader-Lumicitabine. Dr. De la Rosa has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Tibotec Therapeutics, Abbott Laboratories, and Iowa Methodist Medical Center throughout his career.

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Marc Wiles, Ph. D. has joined Baxter as the new Senior Director Global Regulatory Affairs Lead, Generic Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Wiles joins Baxter from Camargo Pharmaceutical Services where he served as the Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs. In addition to earning a Postdoctoral fellow at Park-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Division, Department of Immunopathology, Dr. Wiles has held positions of increasing related responsibility at NDA Regulatory Science, Ltd., ERA Consulting, Novexel SA, and Shire, Human Genetic Therapies throughout his career.

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Aftab Alam, MD MBA has joined Baxter as the new Global Medical Director, Clinical Development Strategy Lead – Medication Delivery. Dr. Alam joins Baxter from Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Inc., where he served as their Director of Clinical Development and Medical Affairs. Dr. Alam has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Novartis Pharma AG, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, and Gandhi Medical College throughout his career.

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Dr. Gregory Ursino has joined Takeda as their new Medical Director, Medical Affairs – Hematology Oncology. Dr. Ursino joins Takeda from Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he served as their Medical Director of Medical Affairs – Health Systems. In addition to his Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Rochester, Dr. Ursino has held positions of increasing related responsibility at United Health Group, Novartis AG, Glaxo Smith Kline, and Blue Cross Blue Shield throughout his career.

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Todd Kirby, Ph. D. has joined Jazz Pharmaceuticals as their new Senior Medical Director of Clinical Development. Dr. Kirby joins Jazz Pharmaceuticals from Endo Pharmaceuticals, where he served as their Senior Director, Head of Clinical Development. In addition to a Postdoctoral research Fellow with Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Dr. Kirby has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Philips Respironics and Neural Signals, Inc. throughout his career.

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Raghavan Ramanathan, Ph. D. has joined BioMarin as their Information Management Business Process Lead. Dr. Ramanathan joins BioMarin from Amazon where he served as their Corporate Program Manager, Human Resources. In addition to an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, Dr. Ramanathan has held positions of increasing related responsibility at The B-Smart Consulting Company, Third Horizon, and the University of Technology, Sydney throughout his career.

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Dr. Nigel Bowers has joined Regeneron Pharmaceuticals as their Senior Director of Global Drug Supply and Logistics. Dr. Bowers joins Regeneron from Baxalta, where he served as their Head of Inventory Strategy and Governance as well as their Director of Oncology Supply Chains. In addition to this, Dr. Bowers has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb at various locations and in different capacities throughout his career.

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Diego Gianolio, Ph.D. has joined Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as their new Director of Clinical Science. Dr. Gianolio joins Agios from Sanofi Oncology where he served as their Associate Director Development Science, Immuno-Oncology. In addition to a Ph.D. in organic Chemistry from the University of Parma
(Italy), Dr. Gianolio has completed a Postdoctoral Fellow from Boston College and has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Genzyme throughout his career.

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John Matis has joined Simplee as their new Vice President of Information Security. Mr. Matis joins Simplee from the County of Santa Barbara where he served as their Chief Information Security Officer. In addition to a holding a Master’s degree from the University of Southern California, Mr. Matis has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Audible, Inc. and Grant Thorton LLP throughout his career.

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Dr. Abdulafeez Oluyadi has joined Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as their new Sr. Clinical Scientist. Dr. Oluyadi joins Agios from Karyopharm Therapeutics where he served as their Oncology Clinical Research Scientist. In addition to a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Maryland, Dr. Oluyadi has also held positions of increasing related responsibility at MedImmune throughout his career.

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John Reardon has joined Ribometrix as their new Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Reardon joins Ribometrix from HemoShear Therapeutics LLC, where he served as their Head of Research and Development. In addition to a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Brandeis University, Dr. Reardon has held positions of increasing responsibility at GlaxoSmithKline where he was the SVP of Discovery Research Biology before starting as CSO at innovative, smaller sized companies including Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals and Integrated Oncology Solutions.

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Dr. Jonathan Lu has joined Acceleron Pharma as their Pulmonary Medical Director. Dr. Lu joins Acceleron from Sarepta Therapeutics, where he served as their Medical Director of Clinical Development. In addition to this, Dr. Lu has held positions of increasing related responsibility at AstraZeneca and Columbia University Medical Center throughout his career.

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Raghavan Ramanathan, Ph. D. has joined BioMarin as their Information Management Business Process Lead. Dr. Ramanathan joins BioMarin from Amazon where he served as their Corporate Program Manager, Human Resources. In addition to an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, Dr. Ramanathan has held positions of increasing related responsibility at The B-Smart Consulting Company, Third Horizon, and the University of Technology, Sydney throughout his career.

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Dr. Nigel Bowers has joined Regeneron Pharmaceuticals as their Senior Director of Global Drug Supply and Logistics. Dr. Bowers joins Regeneron from Baxalta, where he served as their Head of Inventory Strategy and Governance as well as their Director of Oncology Supply Chains. In addition to this, Dr. Bowers has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb at various locations and in different capacities throughout his career.

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Ajit Patwardhan has joined Baxter as Global Medical Business Head – Medication Delivery. Dr. Patwardhan joins Baxter from Integra Life Sciences where he served as Global Head of Medical Affairs. In addition to a Clinical Fellowship in Spine Surgery at Yale University, Dr. Patwardhan has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Paradigm Spine LLC, NLT Spine, and HealthPro BioVentures LLC throughout his career.

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Lori Seid has joined BioMarin as Medical Director of Safety Science. Dr. Seid joins BioMarin from Scientific Solutions, LLC where she served as Senior Medical Director. In addition to an MD from George Washington University, Dr. Seid has held positions of increasing related responsibility at Novartis, Genentech and SFJ Pharmaceuticals throughout her career.

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