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This week on The Pharmcast, we talk with Dr. June Almenoff, former President, Chief Medical Officer and Board Member of a biotech, which was recently acquired in 2014 by Actavis for $1.2 billion.
With an M.D. and Ph.D., Dr. Almenoff began her career as a faculty member at Duke University before landing a position at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in their medical R&D division and scientific licensing. However, after 13 years at GSK, a new opportunity presented itself in 2010 when Dr. Almenoff was invited to head up a small biopharma company as President & CMO, which she would soon lead into a $1.2 billion acquisition.
Almenoff helped the company successfully progress its Irritable Bowel Syndrome drug from Phase 2 through the FDA submission, which the FDA approved in 2015 on its first review cycle.
Everyone talks about learning from failure, but from our discussion with Dr. Almenoff, we learn from success. I asked Dr. Almenoff about her keys to success, drug development trends, and the lessons she's learned across her 'big pharma' and biotech career.
