John

Biography

John Moriarty is Executive Vice President, General Counsel of Alexion. In his role, he is responsible for overseeing all global legal matters as well as the Corporate Communications team. Since joining Alexion in 2012, his focus has been on developing these functions to support an increasing number of initiatives on behalf of patients in a growing number of countries.Prior to joining Alexion, Mr. Moriarty was General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer at Elan Corporation plc, and served as a member of Elan’s Executive Management team. In his time at Elan, he was also Senior Vice President of Law, Litigation and Commercial Operations. Prior to that, Mr. Moriarty held several legal leadership positions at Amgen focused on litigation, and led the Amgen legal teams for the company’s commercial oncology, nephrology and hematology businesses. He has also worked as an attorney in the healthcare practice of a national law firm’s Washington, DC and New York offices and was a healthcare fraud prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office.

Research Interest

Business Development.