Ponni Subbiah

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Subbiah is responsible for corporate medical affairs including medical strategy, scientific communications, and medical science liaison activities.

Dr. Subbiah is a neurologist with over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and global health sector. She has led the development and execution of medical and clinical research strategies in various therapeutic areas, including neurology, psychiatry, opioid addiction, pain, oncology, diabetes, urology, inflammation, respiratory, and infectious diseases.

Dr. Subbiah was most recently Chief Medical Officer for Indivior Inc., with responsibility for pharmacovigilance and medical affairs globally. She was also the company spokesperson at policy discussions including testifying at the Presidential Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis and the hearing by the House Committee on Energy & Commerce on the opioid crisis. During her previous tenure of over 15 years at Pfizer, Inc., she held various leadership roles in global medical affairs and led Pfizer’s Global Access program to improve healthcare access for low-income populations in the developing world through approaches that were commercially viable and sustainable.

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