Dendreon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DNDN]]), the Seattle-based developer of an immune-stimulating drug for prostate cancer, said today it has hired Varun Nanda to be its senior vice president of commercial operations. Nanda was formerly the senior vice president and head of global oncology for Roche, the world’s largest maker of cancer drugs, with hits like rituximab (Rituxan), bevacizumab (Avastin), and trastuzumab (Herceptin). Nanda’s responsibility will be to lead the commercial push for Dendreon’s sipuleucel-T (Provenge), including its sales and marketing. The FDA has a deadline of May 1 to complete its review of Dendreon’s application to market the drug in the U.S.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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