LONDON, U.K., 6 March 2024 – Ipsen (Euronext: IPN; ADR: IPSEY) announced today the appointment of Ioana Parsons as General Manager of the company’s U.K. & Ireland affiliate. Ioana joins us from Ipsen Poland, where she has been General Manager for the past three years. As well as becoming U.K. & I General Manager, Ioana will act as Head of Site for Ipsen’s U.K. Global Hub.
Ioana Parsons said: “I am really excited to be back in London. I cannot wait to get started and work with all my colleagues here to deliver on Ipsen’s bold ambitions in driving innovation across oncology, neuroscience, and rare diseases. The U.K. has a complex healthcare landscape and I’m ready to tackle both the opportunities and the challenges we face here, working together with our dedicated healthcare partners in the U.K. and Ireland to ensure the best possible health outcomes for patients. Our passion continues to be about making a real impact on patients’ lives every day and we do this by discovering innovative medicines that truly make a difference.”
Ioana has a wealth of experience working in the Life Sciences industry including local, regional and global roles at major pharmaceutical companies. In addition to this, she has worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in London, where she led large scale strategy and commercial transformation projects for a range of global pharmaceutical clients. She holds a BA in Economics and International Business from the Academy of Economic Sciences in Bucharest and an MBA from London Business School.
Ioana succeeds Guy Oliver and is tasked with continuing to drive our rapidly growing commercial presence in the U.K. and Ireland.
The U.K. & Ireland is one of Ipsen’s three Global Hubs. It is pivotal to the growth and success of the company and employs 1000 people across the region.
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About Ipsen
We are a global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on bringing transformative medicines to patients in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience.
Our pipeline is fueled by external innovation and supported by nearly 100 years of development experience and Global Hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K. Our teams in more than 40 countries and our partnerships around the world enable us to bring medicines to patients in more than 80 countries.
Ipsen is listed in Paris (Euronext: IPN) and in the U.S. through a Sponsored Level I American Depositary Receipt program (ADR: IPSEY). For more information, visit ipsen.com.
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