Sickle Cell Disease

Ciaran joined Vertex in 2021 and is the Vice President of MSAT, which provides technical leadership within the commercial manufacturing organization. This includes partnering with the R&D teams to develop and implement robust and scalable processes that are capable of reliably supplying patients with high quality medicines. The team also directly support the manufacturing sites to resolve complex technical issues and implement new technologies and technical agendas to drive continuous improvement.

Ciaran previously worked at Human Genome Sciences, Eli Lilly and Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb in roles of increasing responsibility and has over 20 years of industry experience in manufacturing and process development, primarily for biologic medicines. During his career, he has directly contributed to the successful approvals, launches and supply of medicines such as Benlysta, Trulicity, Taltz, Opdivo and Orencia.