ARTICLES BY ROB WRIGHT

Building A $1 Billion Gene Therapy Company — In 6 Years
10/21/2019

Matt Patterson, chairman and CEO of Audentes Therapeutics, shares the experiences that prepared him for building the gene therapy company he cofounded into a publicly traded business valued at nearly $2 billion, in just seven years.
Liz Barrett — Novartis Oncology's NextGen Leader
11/12/2018

Liz Barrett recently sat down with Life Science Leader to share some of the formative experiences that shaped her into the leader she has become, including one of the most recent challenges she is embracing at Novartis.
The Intriguing Origins Of A Gene Therapy Biopharma
2/7/2018

An inside look into how this fledgling biopharma has raised over $150 million and enlisted two high-profile CEOs from one of the hottest VC firms around, all in less than two years.
Are You Ready For The Future Of Biopharma Manufacturing?
12/7/2017

In last’s year’s manufacturing outlook we delved into biopharma’s manufacturing capacity crunch. While lack of manufacturing capacity remains a challenge for the industry, the future of biopharma manufacturing has never looked so bright, and there are a variety of reasons why.
Will Kite Pharma Soar Higher In The Engineered T-Cell Race?
7/1/2016

During Kite Pharma’s (NASDAQ: KITE) company presentation at the February 2015 BIO CEO Investor’s Conference in New York, Arie Belldegrun, M.D., created a noticeable buzz among attendees when touting the latest developments coming out of the company he founded back in 2009.

Rob Wright

Rob Wright was chief editor of Life Science Leader magazine from 2011-2021. Prior to joining the publication, he spent nearly 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry. During his industry career, Wright conducted well over 1,000 presentations and roundtable discussions, including the facilitation of FDA-mandated clinical training programs for hundreds of licensed healthcare providers. He has chaired, moderated, and served as a speaker at industry and academic conferences, and served as co-chair for the 2015 and 2018 BIO International conference’s educational planning committee. Wright’s 500+ published articles have appeared in peer-reviewed academic journals, B2B magazines and online publications. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, MBA with distinction from Gannon University, and completed his doctoral coursework in marketing at Cleveland State University. He is a member of international business honor societies Sigma Beta Delta and Beta Gamma Sigma. He can be followed on Twitter @RfwrightLSL