Daniel Billen

Daniel Billen has over 40 years of experience in the commercialization of pharmaceutical and biotech products both in Europe and North America. He started with Janssen in their Belgian headquarters in cardiovascular global marketing in 1979. Daniel became head of marketing and sales for Janssen’s newly formed affiliate in Canada in 1983 launching multiple products into the Canadian market. In 1991, Daniel moved over to Amgen to lead its Canadian operations as their first General Manager. He moved to Amgen’s headquarters in California in 2011 where he led the U.S. commercial operations business unit and later the combined nephrology and inflammation business unit as their VP/GM. In 2017, Daniel took on the role of Vice President of Global Commercial Initiatives with a focus on the evolving U.S. payer landscape. Daniel received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Louvain in Belgium.