George Varkanis

Biography

"George Varkanis assumed the role of Vice President & Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand in September 2013 with responsibility for Celgene’s commercial operations in the region. With significant international experience in Haematology and Oncology, George returned to Australia and established Celgene Australia in March 2006. In February 2009 he went into the role of Vice President for Asia Pacific setting up and managing a new regional leadership team. George has more than 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience through numerous senior commercial roles, predominantly with Pharmacia Corporation over 12 years, based in Europe and the worldwide headquarters in the United States. At Pharmacia he held positions as the Head of the Oncology business for Europe and Latin America well as leading efforts in the early commercial development of new products. After earning a B.Sc. degree from Flinders University and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Adelaide University George worked in Medical Virology research before starting his career in the industry with Bristol Myers Squibb." "George Varkanis assumed the role of Vice President & Managing Director of Australia and New Zealand in September 2013 with responsibility for Celgene’s commercial operations in the region. With significant international experience in Haematology and Oncology, George returned to Australia and established Celgene Australia in March 2006. In February 2009 he went into the role of Vice President for Asia Pacific setting up and managing a new regional leadership team. George has more than 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience through numerous senior commercial roles, predominantly with Pharmacia Corporation over 12 years, based in Europe and the worldwide headquarters in the United States. At Pharmacia he held positions as the Head of the Oncology business for Europe and Latin America well as leading efforts in the early commercial development of new products. After earning a B.Sc. degree from Flinders University and a Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Adelaide University George worked in Medical Virology research before starting his career in the industry with Bristol Myers Squibb."

Research Interest

pharmaceutical industry.