Patrick Townsend

Patrick Townsend is a Senior Director of Trade and Channel Launch Excellence at Sanofi, a position they have held since 2025. They previously served as Director of North America Distribution Strategy at Vertex Pharmaceuticals from 2021 to 2025, and prior to that, they held various roles including Associate National Account Director and Manager of Market Access and Payer Analytics at Vertex. Their earlier experience includes working as an Administrative Coordinator for Solid Organ Transplant and as a Cardiovascular New Patient Coordinator at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Master of Health Administration from Suffolk University - Sawyer School of Management.