Press Release
TGaS® Advisors Expands Executive Ranks to Accommodate Business Growth; Pharma Veteran John P. Carro Joins as Vice President, Management Advisor
East Norriton, Penn., April 2, 2008 — TGaS® Advisors, the only comprehensive benchmarking company focused on pharmaceutical commercial operations, today announced John Carro has been appointed Vice President, Management Advisor. He will join the Sales/Sales Operations Practice and will be responsible for existing services as well as developing innovative new solutions for clients.
Owing to his 20 years in the industry, Carro will be instrumental in responding to the emerging needs of pharmaceutical clients. Carro’s career includes senior level experience in top five, mid-tier and start-up pharmaceutical commercial operations environments. He has held positions in Sales, Marketing, Sales & Marketing Operations and Finance giving him a unique, cross-functional perspective in virtually every aspect of commercial operations in the life sciences/pharmaceutical industry.
Carro comes to TGaS Advisors from King Pharmaceuticals Inc. where he most recently was Vice President, Commercial Operations. While at King, Carro assisted in establishing a new commercial operations presence by providing strategic direction while the company’s infrastructure was relocated to New Jersey from Tennessee. Among his duties at King, he assessed, restructured, built and directed the sales, marketing and managed care commercial operations platform for the $1.7 billion branded business.
Prior to his position at King Pharmaceuticals, Carro was with Yamanouchi Pharma America Inc., where he served as U.S. head/director, Sales and Marketing Operations and worked to establish the U.S. Market Company Commercial Operations presence. Through a merger, the company formed Astellas Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, he held sales, marketing and operational leadership positions at the pharmaceutical companies Pharmacia and Wyeth.
“As we evolve our services and expand our team at TGaS Advisors, John’s proven expertise and thorough understanding of the workings of pharma commercial operations at large-tier, mid-tier and start-up companies will help us devise practical and novel tools for our clients,” said Stephen E. Gerard, TGaS Advisors Managing Partner and Founder. “John adds another dimension to TGaS Advisors that will strengthen our capacity to serve clients in this highly competitive environment.”
Carro said he intends to use his commercial operations experience to help clients capitalize on their strengths, optimize operations and enhance their potential. “I look forward to working with the talented TGaS Advisors team as we work to assist our clients to meet the future challenges and opportunities in this dynamic industry.”
About TGaS Advisors LLC
TGaS Advisors was founded in 2003 by industry professionals, each with more than 20 years of pharmaceutical experience. TGaS Advisors provides the only comprehensive, peer-set benchmark solutions for improving the strategy and effectiveness of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical operations. Because TGaS Advisors offers confidential advisory services only, clients can evaluate options based solely on their business needs. TGaS Advisors is based in East Norriton, Pennsylvania. To learn more about TGaS, visit http://www.tgas.com.
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