Nancy Lurker was appointed pSivida’s  President & Chief Executive Officer in September 2016. Ms. Lurker has broad-ranging experience in the pharmaceutical industry and companies serving the pharmaceutical industry, including diverse senior leadership positions. From 2008 to 2015, Ms. Lurker served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of PDI, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed healthcare commercialization company. She successfully rebuilt PDI’s contract sales business, launching numerous pharmaceutical products for multiple companies across diverse therapeutic areas, including ophthalmology, in advance of a sale of that business line to Publicis Healthcare Communications Group. From 2006 to 2007, Ms. Lurker was Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Novartis AG, where she oversaw a multi-billion-dollar product portfolio covering cardiovascular, bone, pain, urology, respiratory, dermatology, biologics, neurology, and metabolic therapeutic areas. From 2003 to 2006, she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ImpactRx, Inc., a privately held healthcare information company, now part of IMS Health Holdings, Inc., where she substantially grew revenues and profitability. From 1998 to 2003, Ms. Lurker served as Group Vice President, Global Primary Care Products and Vice President, General Therapeutics for Pharmacia Corporation, where she led a global business unit that commercialized urology, cardiovascular, central nervous system, respiratory, and women’s health drugs, overseeing the worldwide launch of Detrol® and Detrol® LA, and repositioning Ambien® for revenue growth. She also served as a member of Pharmacia’s U.S. executive management committee. Previously, Ms. Lurker spent 14 years at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, rising from a sales representative to Senior Director, Worldwide Cardiovascular Franchise Management. Ms. Lurker serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the privately held Cancer Treatment Centers of America, is Chair for privately held X4 Pharmaceuticals, an immunology oncology company and advisor to Novo A/S. Ms. Lurker previously served as a member of the Boards of Directors of Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, plc (NYSE: MNK) and Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENDP). Ms. Lurker received a B.S. in Biology from Seattle Pacific University and an M.B.A. from the University of Evansville.

Ophthalmology