Emmanuel Akpakwu

CEO at Axmed

Emmanuel Akpakwu is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Axmed, a position held since May 2024. Previously, Emmanuel served as the VP and Chief Commercial Officer for Novartis across the Sub-Saharan Africa region from January 2019 to April 2024, where responsibilities included leading commercial strategy and executing initiatives in marketing, patient access, and supply chain management. Emmanuel also held the role of Director of Corporate Strategy at Novartis, facilitating annual strategic planning and co-leading the pharmaceutical industry's first Sustainability-Linked Bond issuance. Prior experience includes serving as Head of Practice for Value Based Healthcare at the World Economic Forum and Associate Director of Corporate Strategy at Merck Group, along with a notable tenure at J.P. Morgan. The educational background features a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, a Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Hertfordshire.

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Basel-City, Switzerland

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Axmed is a medicines marketplace that unlocks access to life-saving therapeutics by aggregating demand across healthcare providers (governments, INGOs, private providers). Our business model strengthens purchasing power with manufacturers to ensure the supply of cost-effective, high-quality medicines to patients at transparent prices. We partner exclusively with authorized, high quality pharmaceutical companies and certified caregivers to accelerate sustainable access to medicines .


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