To get that done as quickly as the team did, under such unusual circumstances, was just phenomenal. I think when we got our first approval for a COVID-19 treatment. And I want to ask you in your 33 years at Gilead, what is your most memorable project that you've worked on?īoy, my most memorable project in 33 years at Gilead? That's a good question. So, Ken, you've been with Gilead a very long time. And so, we spend time to support the Latino community and support STEM education. So, I think for me, I really feel very passionate around STEM education for American students, and we don't produce enough American students that pursue a career in STEM, and so with me, I've been very fortunate to get an opportunity to lead Gileados, that's an employee resource group for Latinos. If you love science, or you have somebody who’s been impacted by a disease, this is a career that you can choose, and it’s very rewarding, it gives back more than I put in. How do you keep your energy up? How do you maintain that same easy demeanor and get-it-done attitude? Monica, you know, there's a lot going on at Gilead-that's an understatement. I remember I was at one of our manufacturing sites and we were really pushing to get these compounds to the patients, and I was telling this supplier, I’m going to ask really unreasonable things of you for a very reasonable cause, because this could be your mother, your father, your brother, your sister.ĭefinitely, I can understand what you're saying. And in fact, I had two brother-in-laws that both passed from HIV. And right off the bat in the late 80s, we started working on HIV treatments and in the Bay Area, HIV was just a devastating disease. Well, you know, when I first interviewed at Gilead, I thought it was really exciting the passion that the founder had for the company and the belief that we were going to make a difference and have impact on patients’ lives. Do you have a personal connection? What drove you to join Gilead? Many people go to the pharmaceutical industry because they have a personal connection. And then as you start to progress into developing commercial, it opens up who you're working with as far as understanding what the patient needs are, making sure you develop the best medicine possible for them. And so, you would have direct interaction with many individuals within research. In discovery, it's really important that we're there with the scientists that are identifying targets to treat HIV or treat a type of cancer. Can you give me a sense of how your team operates, and who do you work with and for? You know, the sort of, team dynamics are really integral to what we do. And that will have to be tested-is it safe and effective in people? There's so much to figure out and really, we want it to be the optimal patient experience really, so what would be best for patients and how do we deliver that? So pharmaceutical development is really: How do you make it? How do you test it? How do you administer it? So, when a compound first comes out of research, whether a small molecule or biologic, it's really an idea. You know, PDM stands for Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing. So PDM, what does PDM stand for within Gilead and what does PDM do? I'm in Global Supply Chain and External Manufacturing within Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing. Hi, my name’s Ken Kent, and I'm the Senior Vice President of Chemical Development and Manufacturing here at Gilead Sciences. Because the impossible is not impossible. Every member of our team plays a critical and visible role in helping to discover, develop and deliver innovative therapeutics for people with life-threatening diseases. We are always looking for the next wave of passionate people interested in joining an intellectually stimulating, socially responsible company with a track record of addressing serious illnesses and public health issues around the world. Our employees include some of the most talented innovators in the biopharmaceutical industry. Through our ongoing bold and transformative science, we’re driving innovations that have the potential to become the next generation of life-changing medicines. We have commercialized more than 25 innovative medicines, helping to transform treatment for people living with HIV, viral hepatitis, cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Gilead has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a better, healthier world for all people.
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