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- Robin Toft’s WE CAN: The Executive Woman’s Guide to Career Advancement Recognized Within List of 100 Best CEO Books of All Time by BookAuthority07/09/2019 - 8:00 AM
- Toft Group Executive Search Successfully Places Grace Colón, Ph.D. on Board of Directors for CareDx, Inc. in Brisbane, CA07/02/2019 - 3:43 PM
- Toft Group Executive Search Successfully Places Jane Wasman on Board of Directors for Rigel Pharmaceuticals in South San Francisco, CA04/04/2019 - 11:06 AM
Toft Group Executive Search Places Linda Neuman, MD, MBA, as Vice President of Clinical Development with Catalyst Biosciences in South San Francisco, CA
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has successfully placed Linda Neuman, MD, MBA, as Vice President of Clinical Development with Catalyst Biosciences in South San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Neuman was previously with Adverum as Vice President of Clinical Development. Prior to Adverum she was the Vice President, Clinical Development for Sunesis Pharmaceuticals. Before then, she held the role of Senior Medical Director of Oncology at Puma Biotechnology. Dr. Neuman was Medical Director of Oncology at Onyx Pharmaceuticals where she served as clinical lead on the global product development team. Earlier in her industry career, Dr. Neuman held roles at Covidien Pharmaceuticals, Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Schering-Plough.
Dr. Neuman holds an MD from Southern Illinois University and an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.
About Catalyst Biosciences
Catalyst is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines to address hematology indications. Catalyst is focused on the field of hemostasis, including the subcutaneous prophylaxis of hemophilia and facilitating surgery in individuals with hemophilia.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston.
Toft Group Executive Search Places Kapil Kumar, PhD, MBA, as Vice President, Marketing with Nexcelom Bioscience in Lawrence, MA
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has placed Dr. Kapil Kumar as Vice President of Marketing with Nexcelom Bioscience in Lawrence, MA.
Dr. Kumar was most recently the Vice President of Global Marketing with Cell Signaling Technology (CST). Previously, was the Director of Global Product Strategy & Marketing for Particle Counting & Characterization at Beckman Coulter. Prior to working with Beckman Coulter, Dr. Kumar held multiple roles within Life Technologies (Thermo Fisher), most recently as the Associate Director, Global Product Strategy & Marketing. Dr. Kumar also served as Global Senior Market Development Manager for the Cell Analysis Business Unit. He began with the company in 2006 as a Senior Staff Scientist in R&D. Earlier in his industry career, Dr. Kumar was a Scientist at Ventana Medical Systems and BioHelix, Inc. He conducted his post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Kumar holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Kent State University, and an MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship Management from Babson College.
About Nexcelom Bioscience
Headquartered in Lawrence, MA, Nexcelom Bioscience LLC is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative Cellometer and Celigo image cytometry products designed for cell analysis in life science and biomedical research. Developed per researchers’ requests, the Cellometer instruments cover basic cell counting, viability and cell-based assays with 20uL of sample, while the Celigo is a high-throughput microwell image cytometer. Nexcelom’s solutions automate time-consuming procedures, enabling scientists to focus less on the process and more on the research results. Nexcelom’s products are used in the laboratories of leading pharmaceutical companies, biotech organizations, universities and research institutions.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston.
Toft Group Executive Search Places Dana Pizzuti, MD as Senior Vice President of Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance and Quality at Theravance Biopharma, Inc. in South San Francisco, CA
/in Press Releases /by ToftgroupToft Group Executive Search, a global life sciences and healthcare executive recruiting firm, has placed Dana Pizzuti, MD as Senior Vice President of Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance and Quality with Theravance Biopharma in South San Francisco, CA.
Dr. Pizzuti most recently served as Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Compliance at Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. She has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, working for companies such as Hoffmann-La Roche, Abbott Laboratories, Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, and Gilead.
After receiving her MD, Dr. Pizzuti completed her postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at New York University/Bellevue Hospitals and subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases at Montefiore Hospital-Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. She is an invited speaker on drug development and recognized advocate and published author focusing on access to healthcare and employment rights for the transgender community.
Dr. Pizzuti received her MD from New York University and her BS in Biology from Yale.
About Theravance Biopharma, Inc.
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. is a diversified biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of organ-selective medicines. Their purpose is to create transformational medicines to improve the lives of patients suffering from serious illnesses. Their research is focused in the areas of inflammation and immunology.
About Toft Group Executive Search
Toft Group is a global executive search firm fully devoted to life sciences and healthcare, with a focus on innovation-driven companies working at the intersection of biotech and high tech. The team’s extensive relationship network and diversity focus enables Toft Group to present more highly qualified and diverse candidates than clients would otherwise meet. Toft Group excels at quickly filling the hardest to hire leadership roles where talent is limited. The company has offices in the three major U.S. biotech hubs: San Francisco, San Diego, and Boston.