LXRX - Tom Garner Joins Lexicon as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer | Benzinga
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:LXRX) today announced that Tom Garner is joining the company as senior vice president and chief commercial officer, effective October 9, 2023.
Mr. Garner has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience, having started his career in the United Kingdom with roles of increasing seniority at Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly before joining Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) in 2002. During his time at BMS, Mr. Garner held a broad array of roles throughout BMS' commercial organization including positions at local, country, and global levels, and across a diverse range of brands and therapeutic areas. In his most recent role, Mr. Garner was the senior vice president and head of the U.S. Cardiovascular and Established Brands business unit, the single largest business unit across the BMS enterprise with reported total revenues in excess of $10 billion. In this role, he had overarching responsibility for several key brands including ELIQUIS® (apixaban), the most prescribed oral, branded medicine in the United States, and CAMZYOS® (mavacamten), BMS' first-in-class treatment for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In addition, he also held responsibility for BMS' established brands portfolio, which includes medicines such as ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel) and NULOJIX® (belatacept). Prior to this role, 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, having spent the first 10 years of his career working in different sales, management and marketing positions across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
"We are very excited that Mr. Garner is joining Lexicon as our chief commercial officer," said Lonnel Coats, Lexicon's chief executive officer. "His overall breadth and depth of commercial and general management experience, with notable success in the cardiovascular space and leading launches, makes him a particularly valuable addition to our management team as we continue to drive the launch of INPEFA® (sotagliflozin) for the treatment of heart failure. As the leader of our commercial organization, Mr. Garner will have a critical role in ensuring we are effectively executing on our launch strategy for INPEFA and delivering against the promise we believe this differentiated brand can have for patients."
"I am very enthusiastic about joining the Lexicon leadership team and leading the commercial organization. I'm particularly excited to leverage my expertise for the ongoing launch of INPEFA," said Mr. Garner. "My vision for the brand and the clear commercial potential for INPEFA, coupled with the potential opportunity to bring LX9211 to market for diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain following late-stage clinical development, is what attracted me to Lexicon, and I cannot wait to step into this role and get started."
Mr. Garner holds a BSc (Hons) degree in International Business Management from the Royal Agricultural University (UK) and a certification in General Management from INSEAD (France).
About Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
Lexicon is a biopharmaceutical company with a mission of pioneering medicines that transform patients' lives. Through its Genome5000™ program, Lexicon scientists studied the role and function of nearly 5,000 genes and identified more than 100 protein targets with significant therapeutic potential in a range of diseases. Through the precise targeting of these proteins, Lexicon is pioneering the discovery and development of innovative medicines to treat diseases safely and effectively. Lexicon has advanced multiple medicines to market and has a pipeline of promising drug candidates in heart failure, neuropathic pain, diabetes and ...