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The Rewards and Challenges of Leading a Small Biotech Firm in a Time of Great Uncertainty

Thinking about a future in management? Anand Janack, General Manager of BioCryst Canada, spoke to Hypothesis publisher Rohit Khanna about his career path, the advantages and challenges of working within a smaller pharmaceutical organization, and his advice for those who want to follow in his footsteps. As a leader of a company focused on rare disease, Janack also spoke about how to challenge the bureaucratic hurdles stalling Canada’s reimbursement process.

  • Anand Janack

    leads BioCryst Canada ULC as the VP/General Manager of the organization. He is a Healthcare Professional having trained as a Pharmacist and holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business. Over his 20+ year career, he has touched and led multiple facets of the healthcare industry, including progressive roles with AstraZeneca, Wyeth (now Pfizer), Medtronic, Alexion, and most recently Emergent BioSolutions. He thrives in ambiguity and finding solutions by looking at non-conventional approaches. What he enjoys the most is developing and stretching his team and colleagues to their full growth potential. Anand has been married to Kirsten for over 23 years, has two children, Marek and Mira, and his Boxer, Charles Henry Walker III.