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Sharlene Cirillo

Head, Commercial Strategy & Business Development at Samus Therapeutics

Sharlene Cirillo has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Most recently she was the VP of Marketing and Commercial Strategy at Verastem Oncology and led the U.S. launch of Copiktra in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and follicular leukemia. Prior, she served as VP of Marketing at Churchill Pharmaceuticals, responsible for all marketing aspects for their portfolio of cancer products. Ms. Cirillo also brings market access experience from her time as Head of Global Market Access for the oncology portfolio at GSK/Novartis. While at GSK, she also led global and US marketing teams through several new product launches. Her broad experience includes pharmaceutical management and a variety of roles in clinical development and medical affairs at Johnson & Johnson. Ms. Cirillo earned her BS in Pharmacy from the University of Rhode Island and is a registered pharmacist.