The Pharma And Life Science Breakdown - from discovery to bedside - Beta

Ranga Yarlagadda is an accomplished leader in the pharma/biotech therapeutics space with a knack for tackling high stakes projects – from leading commercialization efforts to navigating complex deals and strategic partnerships.He currently leads Corporate Affairs and Business Development at a cell therapy company creating off-the-shelf therapies for blood disorders. Prior to this, he spent time at Rain Oncology and Stratus Therapeutics as Chief of Staff to the CEO where he led all aspects of commercialization, business development, and company growth initiatives. In his previous life he spent a decade at Amgen navigating x-functional groups and leading teams across market insights, competitive intelligence and forecasting/analytics.Ranga has a Bachelors in Biology from BITS Pilani, India and Masters in Business/Bioscience from the Keck Graduate Institute at Claremont Colleges.

Shruti is GTM leader in biopharma partnerships. Her experiences ranges from in-house at Biopharma (portfolio mgmt infra @ Novartis, commercial planning @ Gilead) to external to Biopharma (market access consulting for life sciences and sales/BD for early stage Cos looking to commercialize to pharma). She spent most of her career at Flatiron Health, owning and growing major biopharma partnerships. She is currently building a company in the AI for life sciences space.Shruti has a BS in Biology from Stanford and MBA/MPH from UC Berkeley. She lives in San Francisco.