Overview

Gender

female

Susan has served as our chief commercial officer since May 2020. Susan brings over 25 years of industry experience, with extensive leadership across pharmaceutical, biopharma, hospital products, and nutrition segments in U.S. and international markets.

Prior to Ardelyx, Susan served as the founding chief executive officer of Tolmar Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. commercial specialty pharmaceutical company with marketed products. Susan was then named President of the branded division upon the formation of the global entity, Tolmar Inc. Prior to Tolmar, Susan held various positions at Abbott Laboratories, most recently divisional vice president of global marketing, where she established the global marketing function for a $3.8 billion international portfolio of nutrition brands. As divisional vice president, she directed strategic brand planning and commercial go-to-market strategies and programs for 11 global product launches. Earlier in her career, Susan held several sales, marketing and commercial positions including, vice president and general manager , Abbott Renal Care, director, managed care at TAP Pharmaceuticals, professional sales representative at Merck Human Health Division and client manager at ARBOR, a pharmaceutical market research firm.

Susan holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

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