Jeannene Butler

Jeannene Butler currently serves as Senior Director and Head of Medical Writing at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.) since December 2020. Previously, Jeannene was with PAREXEL from July 2013 to December 2020, holding the positions of Associate Director and Senior Manager in Medical Writing Services, where responsibilities included leading teams to develop clinical and regulatory documents for pharmaceutical and biotech clients. Earlier experiences include roles as Manager of Medical Writing at IKARIA, Inc., and Sanofi Pasteur, crafting various clinical studies and regulatory submission documents, as well as serving as Senior Associate Scientific Writer at Merck and Scientific Writer at Schering-Plough Research Institute, focusing on pre-clinical studies. Jeannene’s career began at Johnson & Johnson as a Senior Scientist managing oncology discovery studies, following a B.S. in Animal Science from Rutgers University obtained in 1991.