Executive Management

Jim Hassard has over thirty years of bio-pharmaceutical experience. Most recently, Jim Hassard was chief commercial officer at Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, where he began building the company’s commercial capabilities and launch strategy for three rare disease programs.

Between 2016 and 2020, Mr. Hassard was senior vice president of marketing and market access at Coherus BioSciences, where he built the company’s commercial capabilities, including patient and provider services, in advance of their first FDA-approved specialty product. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hassard held several positions over a 17-year period at Amgen Inc., in therapeutic areas including oncology, nephrology and endocrinology. Among these, he was general manager of Amgen Portugal, and U.S. brand lead for Sensipar® (cinacalcet), expanding the FDA label into a rare-endocrinology indication. Mr. Hassard earned a Bachelor of Science in pharmacology from the University of Toronto, followed by a Master’s in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University.