Melissa Abel

Melissa Abel is VP, Commercial Strategy & Communications at 89bio with responsibility for commercial, medical affairs and corporate communications. She has more than 25 years of broad commercial experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. From 2016-2020, she worked as VP, Commercial Strategy at Concentric Analgesics and Five Prime Therapeutics, both companies in the pre-commercialization phase. Prior to that, she led the launch and commercialization of XTANDI® (enzalutamide), one of the most successful prostate cancer medicines ever developed, for Medivation (2009-2014). Prior to Medivation, she worked at a several pre-commercial and commercial companies including Anesiva, Telik, Alza and Chiron. She began her career in Sales and Marketing at SmithKline Beecham (1995-1999).

Melissa holds an MBA from Emory University Goizueta Business School and a BA in statistics from the University of Chicago.