Sameer Agarwal

Board Positions: CSA Healthcare, Ophtapharm AG, Sentiss Pharma • Pharma & Life-Sciences Professional

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

About

• Senior executive experience as board member, profit center head, commercial head, strategy & marketing head • Management consultant & advisor to private equity, global consultancy firms, pharma & healthcare companies. Focus areas: M&A, strategy formulation & implementation, new market development, portfolio management, business planning & launches • Executive management experience in leading organizations in pharmaceuticals & biologicals: oncology, biosimilars, critical care, anti-infectives, anaesthesia & pain management. Also experienced in medical devices, herbal healthcare products, and active pharma ingredients • Lead global pharma businesses with focus on Europe, China & rest of Asia Pacific, and USA. Also experienced in Russia & CIS, South America and Middle East • Successfully developed business for key markets, established offices and businesses in various countries, formulated and implemented business strategies to attain market leadership position • Successfully setup global and country teams to achieve business targets and to develop talent for future senior roles. Team oriented leader with balance focus on strategy & execution • Product portfolio for key therapy areas successfully planned and managed for global markets. Multiple major launches planned and managed to achieve business growth targets • Many key licensing and acquisition deals successfully completed, including negotiations, agreements, integration, both for small molecules as well as for biologicals

Experience

  • Executive Board Member at Ophtapharm, a Sentiss Company
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Executive board position to provide guidance on operational excellence, business planning, and strategic business growth

  • Non Executive Board Member at Sentiss Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    Board position to provide guidance on strategic business growth and achievement of short & long term goals

  • Member of Board of Directors at CSA Healthcare
    Oct 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 10 mos

    Oct 2017-Present: Member of Board of Directors Oct 2017-Present: CEO & Managing Partner CSA Healthcare is a management consultancy in pharma, life-sciences & med-tech space: • Business & Market Entry Strategy: Asia, China, Europe, USA, Oncology, Pain Management, Anaesthesia, Anti-infectives, Critical Care • Portfolio Strategy: Biosimilars, Peptides, Drug Device combinations, Exclusivities, Launches • Acquisitions: Business Due Diligence, Business Planning, Negotiations, Integration, Interim Mgt • Licensing: In & Out-licensing with focus on differentiated products & NCEs Key interim management roles: (1) Feb-Apr 2020: Archis Pharma Europe, President-Europe (interim management role) (2) Nov 2017-Jun 2018, AMCo (Germany) GmbH, Hamburg (part of Advanz Pharma (previously called Concordia), UK): Vice President-Global Portfolio Management (interim management role) Key Projects: (1) Oct 2018-Apr 2025: Ardian, Italy: "Acquisition of a specialty pharma company in Europe with differentiated products" (Jul 2019-Nov 2024: Sintetica SA, Member of Board of Directors) (2) July 2020-Dec 2021: "Acquisition of an Asian country business of a top 5 global Pharma & Healthcare company headquartered in Europe" (3) Feb-Apr 2020: "European business planning and distribution setup for a US specialty Pharma company" (4) Oct-Nov 2018, top 5 global management consultancy company, USA: "Speciality Injectables: best practices & commercial strategy"

  • Board Member and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Sintetica SA
    Jul 2019 - Apr 2025 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    July 2019-Nov 2024: Non-executive board position to provide guidance on strategic business growth and achievement of short & long term goals 2023-Apr 2025: Additional role of CCO to identify & implement key commercial strategies, lead the commercial team of the company and to manage profitable business growth

  • Member of Board of Directors at PharmSky Research
    Sep 2023 - Jun 2024 · 10 mos

    Board member of PharmSky Research, a company focused on "transforming discoveries into market ready products" and an end-to-end Contract Research and Development provider.