Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 15, 2010

Pozen, Inc. – Elizabeth A. Cermak

Elizabeth A. Cermak is Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for POZEN, Inc. Prior to joining Pozen, Ms. Cermak was Worldwide Vice President for Johnson & Johnson and served in a variety of senior leadership roles across the pharmaceutical, consumer products and health management businesses. She has spent over 25 years in the health care industry and has led a number of marketing and sales organizations, most notably the $1.0 billion women's health business at Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ms. Cermak's RX and consumer products experience spans a number of therapeutic areas, including contraception, urology, pain, GI, CNS, anti-infectives, eye care and hair loss, with a successful track record of launching new products and growing and globalizing brands. Prior to this, Ms. Cermak was a Senior Management Consultant for what is now Deloitte. She holds an MBA in finance from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa., and a B.A. cum laude in accounting and spanish from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. Profile
TWST: Tell us about Pozen. Give us a history of your company and an overview of operations.

Ms. Cermak: POZEN (POZN) was founded in 1996, and the current CEO, Chairman and President was one of the