Dr. Bruce La Carter
Independent & Non Whole-time Director’s
Pharmaceutical sciences
Dr Reddys Laboratories
India
Biography
Dr. Bruce LA Carter was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ZymoGenetics, Inc. USA. Dr. Carter was appointed Chairman of the Board of ZymoGenetics in April 2005. From April 1998 to January 2009, he served as Chief Executive Officer of ZymoGenetics. Dr. Carter first joined ZymoGenetics in 1986 as Vice President of Research and Development. In 1988, Novo Nordisk acquired ZymoGenetics and, in 1994, Dr. Carter was promoted to Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for Novo Nordisk A/S, the then parent company of ZymoGenetics. Dr. Carter led the negotiations that established ZymoGenetics as an independent company from Novo Nordisk in 2000. Dr. Carter held various positions of increasing responsibility at G.D. Searle & Co. Limited from 1982 to 1986 and was a Lecturer at Trinity College, University of Dublin from 1975 to 1982. Dr. Carter is Executive Chairman of Immune Design Corp. USA, and also holds directorship in QLT Inc., Canada, TB Alliance, USA, and Xencor, USA. Dr. Bruce LA Carter received a B.Sc. with Honors in Botany from the University of Nottingham, England, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Queen Elizabeth College, University of London.
Research Interest
Pharmaceutical products
