The Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences & Management
presents the Inaugural Decision Resources Lecture in Life Sciences and Management
by
Dr. Steven Nichtberger
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tengion, Inc.
Turning Scientific Advances into Transformational Products:
Opportunities and Challenges for the Scientist-Business Leader
Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 5 p.m.
Jon M. Huntsman Hall, eighth floor, Colloquium Hall
3730 Walnut Street
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Andy Coopersmith at 215-898-2739 or ascooper@pobox.upenn.edu
About the Lecture
The work of Decision Resources, Inc. epitomizes the philosophy behind the Life Sciences and Management Program, merging scientific innovation, business ingenuity and public stewardship. This lecture is the first in an annual series that brings leaders in the fields of science and business to campus.
About Dr. Steven Nichtberger
Dr. Nichtberger is president and chief executive officer of Tengion, Inc., a leading company in the field of regenerative medicine. He is also a successful entrepreneur and board-certified internist and cardiologist.
Prior to joining Tengion, Dr. Nichtberger held several senior management positions at Merck, including: leadership of the global marketing organization responsible for developing marketing strategy on all Merck brands and leading marketing interactions with the research and manufacturing divisions; operational leadership with responsibility for six products with total sales exceeding $3.5 billion annually; and leadership of the New Product Planning group.
Dr. Nichtberger was also a core team member on many corporate licensing, divestiture and product acquisition deals at Merck, including the Merck - Schering-Plough partnerships for cholesterol (Zetia and Vytorin) and respiratory products. Previously, Dr. Nichtberger founded and developed a profitable privately held company that licenses intellectual property in the field of Internet-based paperless couponing.
He holds a B.A. in biology from the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn, a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School and an M.D. from the School of Medicine and Biosciences, State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a member of the advisory boards of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in the Life Sciences and Management and the Center for Bioethics, both at the University of Pennsylvania, and the board of the Montgomery County Association for Retarded Citizens.
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