Rosemary Crane

Rose has more than 30 years of extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including executive leadership, board service, innovation, business development, and global commercialization. She brings significant executive leadership and operating expertise to the Tarsus board, having previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of both MELA Sciences, Inc. (now Strata Skin Sciences) and epocrates, as well as Partner and Head of Commercialization at Appletree Partners. Prior to that, Rose held several senior executive positions at Johnson & Johnson, including Group Chairman, OTC & Nutritional Group, leading the largest worldwide OTC company. Earlier in her career, she spent 20 years at Bristol Myers Squibb, completing her tenure as President, US Primary Care.

Rose currently sits on the boards of Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. and Catalent, Inc., as well as acts as a director of the Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation. Previously, she served on the boards of several pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, including Edge Therapeutics, Inc., Unilife Corporation, Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc., Targanta Therapeutics Corp., and Zealand Pharma A/S. Rose received a BA in both communications and English from the State University of New York at Oswego and an MBA from Kent State University.