Deborah dunsire biography

          Deborah Dunsire (b....

          Deborah Dunsire

          Deborah Dunsire (b.

          Deborah Dunsire is a South African medical doctor and pharmaceutical executive who has been CEO of multiple research companies.

        1. Deborah Dunsire is a South African medical doctor and pharmaceutical executive who has been CEO of multiple research companies.
        2. Deborah Dunsire has been a director of Alexion since January Dr. Dunsire served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Pharmaceuticals.
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        4. She currently serves as a director of McKesson.
        5. From her start as a physician working in apartheid-era South Africa to the dramatic turnaround and takeover of Millennium, Deborah Dunsire has lived a life.

          6. 1963) is a South African medical doctor and pharmaceutical executive who has been CEO of multiple research companies.

          Deborah Dunsire

          CitizenshipSouth African
          Known foroncology, immunology, executive scientific leadership

          Career

          At a 2013 career event at Bentley University, Dunsire remarked that she "...never intended to go into business.

          But after 9 months waiting for an ophthalmology residency to begin, she instead applied to a position as a clinical researcher" with Novartis.[1]

          Novartis

          Dunsire started her career with Novartis in 1988 as an Executive Director of clinical research.

          She later rose to become Senior Vice President of North American oncology. During her tenure, she was responsible for the launch of blockbuster cancer therapy Gleevec (imatinib).[2]

          Millennium Pharmaceuticals

          Dunsire was appointed CEO of Millennium Pharmaceuticals (later Takeda) in 2005, where she was know