Mr O'Brien has more than 35 years of global pharmaceutical industry experience building enterprises. He was a founding partner of Key BioPharma Partners providing advice to life science companies and capital providers. He was previously the Chairman and CEO of Genomind Inc., a personalised mental health platform company, and CEO of publicly listed Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company with a portfolio of commercial stage dermatology products. He has also been President and CEO of three private biotechs including AltheRx Pharmaceuticals, Profectus BioSciences and Solstice Neurosciences. Mr O'Brien held multiple senior leadership roles at AstraZeneca, one of the global pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca he was responsible for key brands such as FASLODEX, SYMBICORT, PULMICORT and SEROQUEL which all became billion-dollar brands.
Shawn O'Brien
Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director / Mayne Pharma Group