Deborah Dunsire

Biography

Deborah Dunsire's life has been a long and successful journey to the top of the biotech industry. The Africa-born daughter of Scottish parents grew up to become a doctor and eventually chief of Novartis' North American oncology business, where she turned her passion for healing into a career centered on a string of major cancer drug launches. And when Millennium went looking for a new CEO, it found just what it was looking for in Dunsire, who quickly revived flagging sales of Velcade as she started to remake the company's pipeline. Dunsire's success at Millennium proved a boon to investors, who picked up a big premium when Takeda bought out the company for $8.8 billion. And she's stayed on, still pushing to be the best there is in the world of oncology; still striving to do well in business by doing well for cancer patients. Dunsire likes to say that excellence is a habit. Routine success has become her habitual reward. 

Research Interest

She is interested in oncology business, biotechnology cancer drug launches.