Vasant Narasimhan, MD
President, Vaccines USA, Head, Vaccines North America, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc., Massachusetts

Vas Narasimhan is Head, Novartis Vaccines North America and US Country Head for Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics. Previously, Vas was Vice-President of US Marketing at Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics overseeing all marketing operations. Prior to moving to the US commercial organization, Vas was Meningitis Franchise Head, Global Marketing, at Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, where he was responsible for global commercial strategy and launch-readiness programming in addition to managing marketing programs.

Since joining Novartis, Vas has served as Menveo Brand Director for Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Global Marketing, and Head of Portfolio Strategy for the Office of the CEO at Novartis Pharma AG.

Prior to joining Novartis, Vas worked in the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Practice at McKinsey & Co., consulting major pharmaceutical and healthcare companies on a range of initiatives, including large-scale M&A activity and top-level corporate strategy.

Vas earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and obtained his MPP in International Health Care Policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He received his bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from University of Chicago.