Innovations in pharmaceutical industry expert to speak at Whitman April 23

Innovations in pharmaceutical industry expert to speak at Whitman April 23April 18, 2008Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu

The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host a guest lecture by Phillip H. Phan, the Warren H. Bruggeman and Pauline Urban Bruggeman Distinguished Professor of Management in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, on Wednesday, April 23, at 9 a.m. in Room 525 of the Whitman School building. The lecture, titled “The Impact of Ownership and Control on Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry,” is free and open to SU students, faculty and staff.

Phan will discuss innovation and technology transfer in the pharmaceutical industry. His areas of expertise include corporate governance in strategic alliances and entrepreneurial market entry strategies. He has consulted for the World Bank, OECD, Singapore Institute of Directors, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and such companies as HP, IBM, Ernst & Young, Metsaliitto (Finland), Pillsbury, Finlombardia (Italy), Agilent Technologies, SK Group (Korea), SanomaWSOY (Finland), Singapore Airlines, PACCAR (U.S.), and technology venture capital firms in Toronto and New York.

He holds a Ph.D. in strategic management from the University of Washington.

For more information, contact Amy Mehringer, Whitman School communications manager, at (315) 443-3834 or aemehrin@syr.edu.