Management Team
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Nancy E. Donahue |
Nancy Donahue joined Anesiva in January 2004 and is senior vice president, sales and marketing.
Prior to joining Anesiva, Ms. Donahue had a 15-year career with GlaxoSmithKline, working in several product marketing positions, as well as strategic alliances and sales. Most recently, she served as executive director of Avandia franchise marketing, which at the time included one pre-launch and two marketed products within the diabetes area. She led the marketing team responsible for developing and implementing the strategic business plan, which resulted in a successful product introduction and franchise sales growth.
Previously, she served as product director and senior product manager for Coreg, a treatment for hypertension, recent heart attack and heart failure. Her work on the product included leading the brand team, developing and implementing a strategic business plan and chairing a joint marketing committee with co-marketer, Roche. Her efforts on Coreg helped achieve 56% and 42% sales growth during two recent years leading the product team.
Prior to that, Ms. Donahue served as associate product manager for Relafen, an antiarthritic, for which she attained record sales with a mature brand in a flat market. Also with GSK, she held positions in strategic alliances and new product development, hospital products and sales.
She holds a B.S. in marketing from Saint Joseph's University, located in Philadelphia, Penn.
