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SMARTANALYST, Inc. Appoints John T. Gram as West Coast Director and Franchise Leader
New York-Based firm Appoints West Coast Director and Franchise Leader for Business Development
NEW YORK ‚ April 9, 2008‚ SMARTANALYST, Inc., a pioneer in providing global strategic research and analytics solutions‚ announced today the recent appointment of John T. Gram as its West Coast Director and Franchise Leader of Business Development.
Gram will be based in San Diego and his responsibilities will include developing long term senior client relationships within the Biotech industry.
SMARTANALYST Founder and CEO Manu Bammi said, "John's industry experience and exceptional insights will help to drive our business to new heights with the Research and Development, New Product Planning, Business Development and Licensing functions that we support."
Steve Girling, Managing Director said, "John is an amazing guy with a breadth and depth of Biotech industry experience that will dovetail nicely with our rapidly evolving West Coast client base. John will be instrumental in developing solutions and supporting the growth of our Life Sciences franchise."
Gram said, "I am excited to be joining SMARTANALYST. As a former client, I was impressed by SMARTANALYST's global capabilities, its management team and its outstanding group of 175 highly skilled commercial, scientific and quantitative consulting analysts. Now, I look forward to partnering with SMARTANALYST's clients to provide them with the expertise and external analysis that will support the continued growth and success of their business."
John T. Gram brings nearly 15 years of commercial biopharmaceutical experience to SMARTANALYST. Most recently he was President of J.T. Gram & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm he founded specializing in the commercialization of oncology therapeutics. Immediately prior to that, he was Director of Decision Support for Biogen Idec and was responsible for managing market guidance for the Oncology and Rheumatology business units. Previous roles included Executive Director of Corporate Development for SkinMedica, specialty pharmaceutical company focused in Dermatology; Consultant to Quintiles Transnational and The Lewin Group. John was Vice-President of Marketing and Business Development at Novavax, a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused in women's health and vaccines. Before Novavax, he was with Amgen, where he led a team responsible for the information needs of the oncology business unit. John began his biopharmaceutical career with Ligand Pharmaceuticals after spending 14 years with the A.C. Nielsen Company in the consumer packaged goods industry.
John has a Bachelor of Science degree, from Providence College, and received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of San Diego.
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About SMARTANALYST, Inc.
SMARTANALYST, Inc. delivers strategic research, analytics and outsourced
knowledge solutions to corporate clients in the life sciences, consumer
healthcare, consumer products, financial and marketing services industries.
The company is flourishing by providing a high-quality, cost-effective
research and analytics solutions portfolio that supports decision-making
processes for Licensing & Acquisition, Business Development, Research
& Development, Corporate Strategy and Marketing. More information
is available on the company's Web site, www.smartanalyst.com.
For further information, please contact:
CONTACT: Hilarie Viener
646.224.5875
hviener@smartanalyst.com