Durga P Bobba

Biography

Durga has over 25 years of global commercial biopharma experience with leading roles in marketing, product development, alliance management and business development at major pharmaceutical companies including Merck & Co., Inc., Genentech, Inc. (now Roche) and Amgen Inc. During his 15 years at Merck, he held U.S. and global leadership roles that included U.S. brand management, business development and emerging markets with increasing responsibility. As Senior Director of International Commercial Operations, the first head of Alliance Management and later Executive Director for the Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa region, Mr. Bobba had P&L responsibility for the full Merck vaccine portfolio in over 80 markets. Mr. Bobba supported the ex-US launches of Gardasil®, RotaTeq® and Pneumovax 23® (the pneumococcal vaccine recommended for use with Prevnar 13 in adults in the U.S.) and helped Merck Vaccines quadruple annual sales to $4 billion to become the world’s number one vaccine company. In addition to his vaccine experience, Mr. Bobba held leadership positions at Genentech and Amgen, with responsibility for brand decision support and global marketing for products with revenues totaling over $25 billion. Prior to joining SutroVax, Mr. Bobba was most recently the head of marketing for MyoKardia and Vice President, Project Team Leader for Mavacamten, a Phase II orphan drug for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Mr. Bobba received a B.B.A. in international business from the George Washington University and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.  Durga is an athletic booster for his children’s high school and enjoys CrossFit.

Research Interest

Business