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Additionally, the company announced that David E. Kerr has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Commercial Business, to head the sales and marketing efforts for the both branded and generic businesses.
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The company also announced that David Kerr has been promoted from Vice President, Business Development, to Senior Vice President, Commercial Business, replacing Mark Gossett, who resigned in October.
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In this role, Kerr will have responsibility for all aspects of Endo's commercial business operation and its sales and marketing organizations, including the company's 590-person sales force, where he will re-direct Endo's launch efforts on Opana(R) and Opana(R) ER, and prepare for the expected launch of Frova for the prevention of menstrual migraine in the second half of 2007.
Endo's commercial portfolio is focused primarily in pain management and includes nine branded products, led by Lidoderm(R), Opana(R), Opana(R) ER, Frova(R), Synera(R), and Percocet(R)/Percodan(R) and its five-product generics business.
Kerr, 48, joined Endo in 2001 when the company began a comprehensive licensing and acquisition strategy to build a sustainable product pipeline across all phases of the development process.
He has played a key role in that effort, which has produced six strategic partnerships.
In addition, Endo currently has five products in mid- to late-stage development.
"During his time at Endo, Dave Kerr has been a driver behind our business development effort and has been intimately involved with our commercial business.
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Prior to joining Endo, Kerr held senior commercial positions at Knoll Pharmaceuticals, American Cyanamid, and DuPont Diagnostics.
He earned an M.B.A. from the University of Delaware and holds a B.S. in Business from Penn State University.