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Jethro Ekuta

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Chief Regulatory & Safety Officer at Ascendis Pharma A/S

Greater Philadelphia

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About

Chief Regulatory & Safety Officer since November 2024, heading Global Regulatory Affairs & Pharmacovigilance. Formerly held regulatory leadership roles at Alexion/AstraZeneca and Horizon Therapeutics.

Experience

  1. Ascendis PharmaChief Regulatory & Safety Officercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
  2. BP LogixMember, Life Sciences Strategic Advisory Boardcurrent2025 — present
  3. Network Partners GroupExecutive Advisorcurrent2025 — present
  4. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)Chairman, RAPS Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
  5. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)Director and Organizational Member, RAPS EU Boardcurrent2025 — present
  6. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)President, RAPS Board of Directors2023 — 2024
  7. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)RAPS Board Liaison - RAPS European Council (REC)2020 — 2024
  8. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)President-Elect, RAPS Board of Directors2021 — 2022
  9. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)Member, RAPS Institute2017 — 2022
  10. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)Director, RAPS Board of Directors2016 — 2021
  11. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)President, RAPS Institute2018 — 2019
  12. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)President-Elect, RAPS Institute2017 — 2018
  13. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)Member, Regulatory Affairs Certification Board2012 — 2015
  14. Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)Chair, RAPS Fellows Selection Committee2012 — 2014
  15. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs2019 — 2024Wilmington, Delaware, United States
  16. HorizonSenior Vice President, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Safety & Standards2018 — 2019Lake Forest, IL
  17. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.VP, Global Head of Multiple Franchises and Regional Head of North America, Global Regulatory Affairs2015 — 2018Skillman, NJ
  18. Johnson & JohnsonVice President, Head of Global Medical Safety Operations, Global Medical Organization, Janssen2011 — 2015Horsham, PA
  19. Sanofi GenzymeVice President, Regulatory Affairs2010 — 2011Cambridge, MA
  20. Bristol-Myers SquibbGroup Director and Global Head, Aggregage Safety Reporting, Global Pharmacovigilance & Epidemiology2007 — 2010Pennington, NJ
  21. PfizerSenior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs2005 — 2007Collegeville, PA
  22. Pfizer Global Research & DevelopmentAssociate Director, Global Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Safety & Risk Management2001 — 2005New London, CT
  23. Procter & GambleSenior Manager, Worldwide Regulatory Affairs1998 — 2001Cincinnati, OH
  24. FDAClinical Pharmacology Fellow, Office of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics, CDER1996 — 1998Rockville, MD
  25. Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNational Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow1995 — 1996Nashville, TN

Skills & more

Regulatory AffairsClinical Development76Regulatory Submissions43IND19PharmacovigilanceFDA16Clinical Trials84Oncology22Pharmaceutical IndustryGCP31Drug Development46Clinical Pharmacology49
+8 more21 CFR Part 11Drug DiscoveryMedical AffairsEpidemiologyMedical WritingDrug SafetyLifesciencesPharmacology
  • RAC-Global — REGULATORY AFFAIRS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
  • Fellow, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (FRAPS)

From Jethro's professional profile.

Colleagues at Ascendis Pharma A/S

Aimee D. Shu
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer at Ascendis Pharma A/S
Albert Cha
Managing Partner at Frazier Life Sciences
Bill Fairey
Board Member at Ascendis Pharma A/S
Erik Steffensen
Expert advisor at VÅR Ventures
Flemming Steen Jensen
Executive Vice President, Product Supply and Quality at Ascendis Pharma A/S
Jan Møller Mikkelsen
President at Ascendis Pharma A/S
Jay Donovan Wu
Executive Vice President, President US Market at Ascendis Pharma A/S
Jean-Jacques Bienaimé
Board Member at Ascendis Pharma A/S

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jethro Ekuta?
Chief Regulatory & Safety Officer since November 2024, heading Global Regulatory Affairs & Pharmacovigilance. Formerly held regulatory leadership roles at Alexion/AstraZeneca and Horizon Therapeutics.
Where does Jethro Ekuta work?
Jethro Ekuta is Chief Regulatory & Safety Officer at Ascendis Pharma A/S.
Where did Jethro Ekuta go to school?
Jethro Ekuta studied at University of Mississippi (Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology); Quantic School of Business and Technology (Executive MBA); Harvard Business School (Executive Program, Transformational Innovation Leadership).

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