Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Philip Andrew Gioia (Phil) as President North America and Global API business. Phil has taken charge of his responsibilities and will be based at Mahwah, NJ, USA. He will be reporting into the Chairman & Managing Director - Mr. Glenn Saldanha.

In this role Phil will be responsible for the Generics and Branded business across North America as also the Global API Sales & Marketing. Phil has over 25 years of experience in the US pharmaceutical industry both in the generics and the branded space. Phil joins the company from Bausch & Lomb (acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, August 2013), where his career spanned nearly 5 years most recently as Global Head of Diversified Products and Business Development, Pharmaceuticals.

Prior to that, he was Division Head - Pharmaceutical Business Unit, North America. His responsibilities included all aspects of P&L management in addition to overall strategic commercial operations for the brand, generic and OTC divisions.