Vice President, Business Development
Innovent Biologics, Inc.
Blake Salisbury currently leads BD activities as the VP of Business Development at Innovent Biologics, a China based innovative biopharmaceutical company. Blake has 25 years of experience in pharma/biotech, primarily in business development (18 years), but also in sales, marketing, and pricing. Blake spent almost 24 years with Eli Lillyand Company where he closed over 50 transactions of various types, many of which were notable transactions with Chinese companies, starting as early as 2006.Blake’s last position at Lilly was as a Senior Director of Corporate Business Development – responsible for in-license, out-license, and M&A activities supporting Lilly’s various Business Units. Also while at Lilly, Mr. Salisbury led business development transactions sponsored by Lilly’s emerging markets business unit and forLilly Research Labsrelated to research and technology licensing activities.