Alexandre Garin

Global Program Director at Novartis

Basel Metropolitan Area

About

10-year proficient senior program/project manager/leader in the fields of IBD, Multiple Sclerosis, Cystic Fibrosis, HIV and oncology. Thanks to a broad exposure to diverse aspects of drug discovery and development (biologics, peptides & NCEs), my expertise covers a wide range of activities from in target identification & validation to PhIII.

Experience

  • Novartis (8 yrs 3 mos)
    • Global Program Director
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

      2023-: projects in Neuroscience (Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Alzheimer Disease...)

    • Global Program Associate Director
      Oct 2018 - May 2023 · 4 yrs 8 mos

      2018-2020: Gilenya & Mayzent 2020-2022: Neuroscience data and digital program 2022-2023 : ALS program and NS early portfolio 2023-: progression in Multiple Sclerosis program

    • Senior Global Program Project Manager Gilenya
      May 2018 - Oct 2018 · 6 mos

  • Tillotts Pharma AG (Rheinfelden)
    • Program Lead
      Apr 2018 - Apr 2018 · 1 mo

      Lead teams for a preclinical program and a Life cycle management program.

    • Senior Program Manager
      Feb 2016 - Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      • Manage/Lead a collaborative program in PhIII & a preclinical program in IBD • Manage cross-functional teams composed of 5-8 functions • Influence program progression through internal decisional committees and Joined Steering Committee meetings • Responsible for program budgeting and monthly variance reporting for budgets up to 10 Million EURO/year

  • Drug Discovery Project Manager/Leader at Polyphor Ltd
    Mar 2014 - Jan 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Manage/Lead a collaborative and an internal project in discovery • Proposed, implemented and managed internal and external activities with respect to timelines • Managed external collaborations with Pharma, academia and CROs • Influenced project progression through internal decisional committees, Joined Steering Committee meetings and Board meetings • Wrote non-dilutive funding applications

  • TransCure Biosciences (1 yr 5 mos)
    • Head of R&D
      Jun 2013 - Oct 2013 · 5 mos

      • Defined and implemented the global short term and long term development strategy. • Managed all projects being unique contact point with sponsors, stakeholders, and solution providers. • Interacted with customers and established of tailor made protocols to fulfill their needs. • Successfully implemented one new disease/PD model per month. • Supervised, mentored and developed TransCure employees.

    • R&D consultant
      Jun 2012 - Jun 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

      • Interacted with potential customers and establishment of tailor made protocols to fulfill their needs. • Defined the short term development strategy.

  • Senior scientist II at EMD Serono, Inc.
    Dec 2008 - May 2013 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    • Served as a lab Head. • Served as a Project team leader representing the function. • Served as a Project TA representative. • Member of Disease Task Forces (Rheumatoid Arthritis, SLE and Sjogren Syndrome). • Participated to the definition, elaboration and development of TPPs including projects in IBD • Proposition of novel targets • Participated to in-licencing opportunities. • Implementation of a gene expression platform for translational pre-clinical studies. • Represented the function to define strategies to develop, reward and retain Merck-Serono’ staff.