Rob Scott

Dr. Rob Scott has held leadership positions for over 30 years in the world’s leading biopharma companies, including J&J, Pfizer, Amgen, and AbbVie. During that time, he has led development teams responsible for highly successful brands such as Norvasc, Lipitor, Repatha, Humira, Skyrizi and Rinvoq. Prior to his recent retirement as Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development for AbbVie, Dr. Scott was responsible for a team of over 4,000 individuals across 52 countries, a budget of nearly US$3 billion and programs involving more than 40 new molecular entities. Prior to joining AbbVie, Dr. Scott served as Vice President of Global Development for Amgen from 2010 and 2016, where he conducted, among other programs, heart failure development. From 2002 until 2007, he was the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development at AtheroGenics. While there he designed and implemented the first large cardiovascular outcomes study to be wholly performed by a small biotech. Dr. Scott also worked for Pfizer, one of the world’s premier biopharmaceutical companies, from 1992 to 2002. While there, he was intimately involved in many cardiovascular clinical trials. He also was integral in developing the cholesterol drug Lipitor and Norvasc, a drug used to treat high blood pressure. Dr. Scott has served on many committees and boards, including as a member of the FDA Cardiac and Renal Drug Advisory Committee from 2012 until 2016, the board of Transcelerate, and as a member of the PhRMA Research and Development Leadership Forum.