Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that Thomas Andrew Garner has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer, effective Mr. Garner will spearhead Acadia’s commercial strategy and operations, driving the Company’s plans for sustained growth and expansion of its product portfolio and pipeline across U.S. and international markets. Mr. Garner will report to Catherine Owen Adams, Acadia’s CEO, and serve on the executive leadership team.
“Tom is an accomplished commercial executive with a demonstrated history of driving brand growth across a wide range of therapeutic areas and global businesses,” said Catherine Owen Adams, CEO. “His experience includes a breadth of successful brand launches, including those in neuropsychiatric and rare cardiac diseases. We are thrilled to welcome him into this pivotal commercial leadership role as we continue our launch of DAYBUE™ in the US, while also preparing for launches outside the U.S and building a strong foundation for the potential introduction of new therapies in the future.”
“I am honored to join Acadia in a commercial leadership role that aligns seamlessly with my experience,” said Tom Garner. “Acadia has two exceptional franchises in NUPLAZID® and DAYBUE, both with significant growth potential, as well as an impressive pipeline that has strong commercial potential. I am particularly enthusiastic about the opportunity to launch and grow our innovative therapies in rare diseases and CNS in the coming years.”
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Mr. Garner joins Acadia with more than 25 years of commercial experience in the pharmaceutical industry including roles in sales, marketing, medical affairs, pricing and access, and leadership of business and commercial units. Most recently he served as senior vice president and chief commercial officer at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc, where he was responsible for the relaunch of INPEFA (sotagliflozin) in addition to developing commercial and business development strategies for the rest of their product portfolio. Mr. Garner was at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) from 2002 through 2023 where he held positions of increasing seniority. During his tenure he served a wide range of roles across BMS’ national and global commercial organizations spanning various brands and therapeutic areas. Mr. Garner served as the senior vice president and head of the U.S. Cardiovascular and Established Brands business unit, the largest business unit across the BMS enterprise with reported total revenues in excess of $10 billion. In this role, he was responsible for key brands including ELIQUIS® (apixaban), and CAMZYOS® (mavacamten), in addition to BMS’ established brands portfolio. Prior to this, Mr. Garner was the global commercial lead for BMS’ lung and head and neck cancer programs, where he led the successful 1L NSCLC global launches of OPDIVO® (nivolumab) and YERVOY® (ipilimumab). Before moving to the United States in 2015, Mr. Garner was the General Manager for BMS Denmark. He began his career in the United Kingdom with roles of increasing seniority at Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly. Mr. Garner holds a BSc (Honors) degree from the Royal Agricultural University in the United Kingdom and a certification in General Management from INSEAD in France.
In addition, the Company announced that Holly Valdiviez has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Neuropsychiatric Franchise. With this promotion Ms. Valdiviez will continue her leadership for both sales and marketing of NUPLAZID. Ms. Valdiviez will report to Mr. Garner.
Source: Businesswire