David Meek (born September 12, 1963) is an American businessman. He held various global executive positions in major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In July 2016, the board of directors of

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(Euronext: IPN), a French

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, appointed Meek as chief executive officer. In December 2019, Meek announced his resignation from the position as CEO to take the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer of FerGene on January 2020. In September 2021, he became the Chief Executive Officer of

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Early life

David Meek attended

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. There, he enrolled in the

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program, and after university, served in

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as a

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. He served for five years.

Career

In January 2001, he began his career as national field sales director CNS and primary care in

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, Pharmaceutical Companies of

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(until December 2004 based in Titusville, New Jersey). He later joined

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Pharmaceuticals ($NVS), where he ran the company's respiratory and dermatology franchise in Switzerland (January 2005 – June 2007) before heading up operations in Canada (CEO & president, June 2007 – January 2010) and later running its oncology business in Europe (January 2010 – August 2012). He has not only been in the

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, however, and before joining Baxter he was the COO of

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($ECYT) from August 2012 to July 2014, based in Indianapolis. He later joined

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Inc. as head of oncology division (July 2014 – June 2015, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts). He was executive vice-president and president of the oncology division of Baxalta Inc., which was recently acquired by

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(July 2015 – July 2016 based in Cambridge, Massachusetts). In July 2016, the board of directors of

(Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) appointed Meek as chief executive officer, effective July 18, 2016. In December 2019, Meek resigned as CEO of Ipsen to become President and CEO of the newly founded FerGene on January 2020, which is based in

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, and is a subsidiary of

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which is a biopharmaceutical company based in Saint-Prex, Switzerland. In April 2021, after FerGene's struggling performance, Meek left FerGene and would later become the CEO of

in September 2021, which is based in

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References

External links

David Meek - National Pharmaceutical Congress Part 1 - Toronto, March 25, 2009

David Meek - National Pharmaceutical Congress Part 2 - Toronto, March 25, 2009

David Meek - CEO Ipsen since July 2016

David Meek LinkedIn profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meek, David Living people University of Cincinnati alumni Businesspeople in the pharmaceutical industry American health care chief executives 1963 births