Ashish Patel, PhD, MBA | SVP, Sales & Marketing
Dr. Patel has extensive experience in aligning scientific and commercial insights to inform strategic and business decisions with a focus on patients. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Sales for Iveric Bio (now Astellas), launching IZERVAY™, a treatment for geographic atrophy. Prior to Iveric, Dr. Patel spearheaded marketing and launch efforts for Novartis’ BEOVU®, used to treat chronic eye conditions, including wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). His tenure at Bayer spanned over a decade, during which he held multiple brand, sales and research management roles. Notably, he served as the global launch lead for the fastest-growing indication within Bayer’s blockbuster EYLEA® retina business. He began his career as a senior research and development scientist with Novartis.
Dr. Patel received a Master of Business Administration from New York University Stern School of Business and holds a PhD in physiology and biophysics from Stony Brook University. Dr. Patel was a graduate fellow in molecular biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned his Bachelor of Science in biophysics from the University of Southern California.
