Laurie Smaldone Alsup, M.D.
Director
Laurie Smaldone Alsup has served as a member of our Board and of our Compensation Committee since October 2013, and was appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as of May 2014. Dr. Smaldone Alsup has over 25 years of global leadership experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in drug development, regulatory strategy and regulatory approvals across all major therapeutic areas and since August 2011 has served as President and Chief Scientific Officer of PharmApprove, a regulatory communications consultancy firm. Dr. Smaldone Alsup served in clinical and regulatory roles of increasing responsibility and scope while at Bristol Myers Squibb, including Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory Science and Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Risk Management. During this time she led multiple teams in both U.S. FDA and European proceedings, including preparations for numerous key FDA meetings, Advisory Committee hearings and EU scientific advice and oral arguments. In this role, she has led the development and commercialization of drugs for a broad range of diseases including oncology, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other infectious diseases, cardiovascular, endocrine, neurology, dermatology, inflammatory and immune-based diseases including rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, she served as Chief Executive Officer of an early stage company focused on arthritis and inflammation. Dr. Smaldone Alsup received a B.A. in biology from Fordham College and an M.D. at Yale University School of Medicine, where she completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Medical Oncology.