JOE MANSFIELD
VP, US Sales and Market Development
PTC Therapeutics
Joe has held leadership roles with
several companies in a plethora of
therapeutic areas. At PTC he leads the build-out
of support functions and hires the U.S. sales team
for the launch of novel treatments for Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy. Prior to PTC, Joe held key roles
at AstraZeneca as a sales professional, eventually
progressing to Regional Oncology Business Director.
He subsequently moved to MedImmune as the
Northeast Oncology Sales Director, served at UCB
as the Eastern Director for Sales, and was National
Director of Sales for NPS Pharmaceuticals.
joemansfield63@yahoo.com
PTC THERAPEUTICS is committed to finding
treatment options for patients living with life-threatening diseases. It has two commercially
approved products for the treatment of Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy. Its mission is to build an
integrated biopharmaceutical company based on
expertise in RNA biology. Its lead product candidate
is ataluren for the treatment of patients with genetic
disorders due to a nonsense mutation.
SHALINI SHARAD
Partner, Commercial Launch
Excellence & Patient Centricity
Wipro
Shalini is a thought leader, author &
speaker on patient centricity. Changing healthcare
has motivated her to focus on newer ways to engage
patients and drive better outcomes. She holds IPs on
patient engagement solutions to help in innovative
commercialization of drugs from Phase II to launch
excellence, enhancing patient adherence, driving
better patient-doctor relationships, and improving
health outcomes/QOL/QALY solution sets in value-based care/FDA digital health regulations. She has
worked with many pharmaceutical organizations
across clinical and commercial programs: CVM,
oncology, CNS, respiratory, and specialty/rare
disease.
shalini.sharad@gmail.com
WIPRO LIMITED is a leading global information
technology, consulting and business process services
company that harnesses the power of cognitive
computing, hyper-automation, robotics, cloud,
analytics and emerging technologies to help clients
adapt to the digital world. Wipro is recognized
globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services
and strong commitment to sustainability and good
corporate citizenship. It has over 160,000 dedicated
employees serving clients across six continents. It
offers IT, platforms & consulting solutions to the
healthcare and life sciences industries.
