GSK lures another Genentech executive to its team

18 April 2018

GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK) today revealed is has appointed Kevin Sin as senior vice president and head of worldwide business development for pharmaceuticals research and development.

In this position, Mr Sin will play a critical role in strengthening GSK’s pharmaceutical pipeline and identifying enabling technologies to enhance delivery of innovative new medicines for patients, reporting to Dr Hal Barron, chief scientific officer and president of R&D at GSK,and be based in San Francisco.

Mr Sin will join the UK pharma major in July from Roche (ROG: SIX) subsidiary Genentech, where he is currently VP and global head of oncology business development, responsible for partnering, acquisition and licensing activities for novel oncology therapeutics. He has worked within the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry for over 20 years in roles spanning business development, legal and research.

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