John C. Reed (born October 11, 1958) is executive vice president of pharmaceutical research and development at Johnson & Johnson. He was previously the executive vice president and global head of research and development of

Sanofi Sanofi S.A. is a French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company headquartered in Paris, France. Originally, the corporation was established in 1973 and merged with Synthélabo in 1999 to form Sanofi-Synthélabo. In 2004, Sanofi-Syn ...

, the global head of pharmaceutical research and early development at

Roche F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has shares listed on the SIX ...

, and the chief executive of the

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. He was a pioneer in the field of apoptosis particularly with regard to cancer; he was studying

oncogenes An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to cause cancer. In tumor cells, these genes are often mutated, or expressed at high levels.

and discovered that some of them appeared to regulate cell death rather than cell division.

Research

Reed earned his B.A. at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

and his M.D. Ph.D. at

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine The Perelman School of Medicine, commonly known as Penn Med, is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1765, the Perelman School of Medicine is the oldest medi ...

. He then did his postdoctoral fellowship at the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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