44. Design Thinking in Biotech w/ Chris Garabedian - CEO @ Xontogeny / Former CEO @ Sarepta

Chris Garabedian is the Chairman & CEO of Xontogeny where he supports companies with cutting-edge technologies from early development through clinical proof of concept. Chris has decades of leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. From 2011 to 2015, Chris led the turnaround of Sarepta Therapeutics as CEO. Prior to that, Chris served as VP of Corporate Strategy at Celgene and has held multiple executive roles at Gilead across corporate development, marketing, and medical affairs. Chris started his career in the biopharmaceutical industry as a consultant and holds a BS in Marketing from the University of Maryland.

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