Scott C. Brun

Scott is currently the head of Gold Mast Consulting, where he provides technical advice and strategic guidance related to biopharmaceutical research and development as well as pipeline and portfolio strategy. He is currently serving in several board, consulting, and advisory positions within the academic, VC, and biopharmaceutical industry communities.

In 1997, Scott joined Abbott Laboratories, where he held positions of increasing leadership responsibility in drug development within the R&D organization. When AbbVie launched as an independent biopharmaceutical company in 2013, Scott was named Vice President and Head of Pharmaceutical Development. Scott oversaw a global organization with responsibilities for AbbVie’s entire portfolio of early and late stage clinical preregistration pipeline compounds as well as marketed compounds within oncology, neurology, immunology, renal, infectious disease, and women’s and men’s health therapeutic areas. A variety of phase 2 and 3 programs initiated and executed during his tenure resulted in multiple therapies being introduced to the clinic, including Mavyret (leading global curative therapy for HCV infection), Venclexta (first in class BCL-2 inhibitor for hematologic malignancies), Orilissa (first in class GnRH antagonist for endometriosis), and Rinvoq (selective JAK-1 inhibitor for rheumatoid arthritis).