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Shukrit has a proven track record in the pharmaceutical industry and prior to founding Sayre Therapeutics, he served as Vice-President and India / South-Asia Head, Branded Formulations at Biocon, Bangalore, India. His responsibilities spanned the breadth of commercial operations including P&L management. Additionally, he headed global business development for the vertical, and directed strategies across eight business units, driving global in-licensing for them. His earlier roles at the premier Indian biotech included heading the Novel Medicines out-licensing and Biosimilars’ verticals.

In prior stints, Shukrit was employed with Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, US in roles within the Anti-infectives, Cardiology and Immunology franchises. He was also part of the global marketing team where he facilitated the go-to-market strategies for Japan, China, S-E Asia and Indian markets, for a key Immunology first-in-class biological asset.

Shukrit’ s experience set over twenty five years in corporate and academia covers R&D strategy, analytics/market-research, global and in-line marketing and global business development. Shukrit is credited with building robust business lines in India, and drove the commercial strategy for global brands in the US.