ACTINIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Lynn Bodarky has been named Chief Business Officer to lead the Company's business development, licensing, and collaboration activities. Ms. Bodarky joins Actinium with over 25 years of proven business development and licensing experience at large global pharmaceutical and innovative biotechnology companies including Pfizer, Merck, Progenics and HiFiBiO. Over her career, she has executed a wide array of business transactions totaling over $5 billion in value across oncology, autoimmune and neurological indications.
Ms. Bodarky joins Actinium from HiFiBiO Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing immunotherapies for oncology and autoimmune diseases, where she was Senior Vice President, Global Head of Business Development & Operations. At HiFiBiO, she advanced strategic initiatives with Novartis and Kite Pharma. Prior to HiFiBiO, she was Vice President, Business Development at Geron Corporation, a company focused on developing treatments for hematologic malignancies and Intrexon Corporation, which focused on developing therapies for oncology, rare diseases, and neuroscience.
Ms. Bodarky held senior roles focused on vaccines and corporate affairs Wyeth and then Pfizer, following Pfizer's acquisition of Wyeth. Previously, she was Vice President of Marketing at Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where she focused on the launch of Relistor, a first-in-class product that Progenics licensed to Wyeth in a transaction totaling more than $400 million. Earlier at Progenics, she served as Vice President, Business Development & Licensing, and led the acquisition of a PSMA targeting antibody for prostate cancer and secured a license for related linker and toxin technology from Seattle Genetics to create a PSMA antibody-drug conjugate.
Earlier in her career she held roles at Pharmacia Corporation and Merck & Co. Ms. Bodarky holds an MBA in finance and international business from Columbia Business School and a BS in accounting from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.
