AstraZeneca Pharma India has announced the appointment of Vinay Sharma as Business Unit Head - Rare Disease unit with effect from July 1, 2024.

Sharma is a Post‐Graduate in Marketing Management and Business Administration with over 23 years of rich industry experience.

He joined AstraZeneca India in 2013 as Marketing Manager Diabetes. Over the last decade, he has held multiple sales, marketing, patient advocacy lead and leadership positions in AstraZeneca India and other international markets. He has been instrumental in leading the best-in-class launch of Forxiga in India.

Currently, Sharma is a part of the Philippines Country Leadership Team as Business Unit Head Respiratory & Immunology.