David Pierson

Bio

David Pierson joined Intersouth in early 2005, bringing 12 years of pharmaceutical industry experience to work with the firm's life sciences portfolio. He came from NPS Pharmaceuticals, where he built and launched the company's first specialty field sales organization. Prior to NPS, he was director of global marketing for Pharmacia Corporation's oncology franchise, managing the company's portfolio of branded oncology drugs in Europe and Latin America. He began his pharmaceutical career at Johnson & Johnson, advancing through a variety of sales and marketing management roles from managing sales territories to evaluating in-licensing and acquisition opportunities to launching marketing plans for new drugs in the U.S. He serves on the boards of the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research and the Sid Martin Biotech Incubator at the University of Florida. David holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an M.B.A. from Duke University.

Career

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	Syngenta Group Ventures The venture capital arm of Syngenta Group. Managing Director Durham
	Intersouth Partners Venture capital firm based in Durham, North Carolina. Senior Associate (past) Email: [email protected]