Fran Lynch

Fran Lynch brings a wide range of sales experience across multiple areas of business to his role at Aurinia. Most recently, Mr. Lynch was responsible for expanding the sales force at UCB to prepare for the launch of bimekizumab. Prior to UCB, he was responsible for building out commercial teams at Sun Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Human Genome Sciences (HGS). At HGS, he was responsible for the build out of sales and leadership for the launch of BENLYSTA (belimumab), for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). From 1998 to 2010, Mr. Lynch held roles of increasing responsibility at Centocor Biotech (now Janssen Biotech, a Johnson & Johnson company). While at Centocor, he led teams in the rheumatology, gastroenterology, and dermatology franchises. He has also led the commercial rollout of multiple products, including ILUMYATM (tildrakizumab-asmn) and ENTYVIO (vedolizumab). He received his B.S. in business administration from the University of Delaware.