Vanda Pharmaceuticals Announces New Senior Vice President

Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Vanda) (NASDAQ:VNDA) has named Gian Piero Reverberi the company’s new Senior Vice President, Acting Chief Commercial Officer and European General Manager.
According to the press release:

Mr. Reverberi was previously Vanda’s Senior Vice President and European General Manager and replaces Tom Gibbs, Vanda’s former Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, who has resigned from Vanda to pursue a new opportunity.
“I would like to congratulate Gian Piero in his new role, and wish him much success as we continue to drive Vanda on a strong growth trajectory.  I also would like to thank Tom for his leadership and significant contributions over the past year and wish him success as he pursues his next opportunity,” said Mihael H. Polymeropoulos MD, President and CEO, Vanda Pharmaceuticals.
Prior to joining Vanda, Mr. Reverberi served as Senior Vice President, International Specialty Pharma at Shire Pharmaceuticals, with responsibility for Shire’s specialty pharma business in EMEA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Asia Pacificand Latin America. In addition to his International Specialty Pharma responsibilities, from 2009-2013, Mr. Reverberi led Shire’s Internal Medicine Global Business Unit where his responsibilities included the management of the US Sales and Marketing teams.  Prior to this position, he was General Manager, Italy at Shire. Before joining Shire, Mr. Reverberi spent 10 years with Eli Lilly in Italy and the U.S. where he held several commercial positions including Business Unit Director (Diabetes Care) in Italy, District Manager and Business Development Leader in the U.S. Earlier in his career, Mr. Reverberi held finance positions in the U.S. and Italy with both Eli Lilly and IBM. Mr. Reverberi received his degree in Economics and Business Administration from Sapienza University of Rome and a Master in Business Administration from SDA Bocconi in Milan.

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