Vijay Iyengar joined Incyte as Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Corporate Development in 2016. In 2022, his role was expanded to EVP, Head of Global Medical Affairs, Product and Partnership Strategy. In this role, he leads the Global Product Strategy, Value, Access and Pricing, Business Development, Alliance Management, ROW Partnerships, and Global Medical Affairs teams. Dr. Iyengar has more than 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. Previously, he served as the President of Genoptix Corporation, a Novartis Company, where he led a 650-person organization that offered CAP/CLIA-certified oncology diagnostic testing and clinical trial assay development and execution services. Prior to that, Dr. Iyengar held leadership roles in both U.S. and Global functions at Novartis, as Vice President and Rare Diseases Franchise Head at Novartis Oncology and Oncology General Manager of Novartis Greece. Before joining Novartis, he was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company where he served pharmaceutical and medical device clients as part of their healthcare practice. Dr. Iyengar received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Stanford University and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Denise Brashear joined Incyte in 2022 as Vice President and Head, Global Communications with more than 25 years of global and U.S. healthcare experience. Her expertise spans strategic enterprise and brand communications, culture transformation and employee engagement, corporate reputation and issues management, executive communications, change management and patient advocacy.

Ms. Brashear joined Incyte from Novartis Oncology, where she was Vice President, Head of U.S. Communications and Global Portfolio Communications, leading external communications for the organization’s full portfolio of marketed and pipeline products and delivering enterprise communications for the U.S. business. In her 20-year tenure at Novartis, she held roles of increasing responsibility across the Pharma and Oncology divisions, leading teams focused on making an impact for patients, associates and the organization. Before joining Novartis, Ms. Brashear spent six years in New York-based public relations agencies, most recently as Group Vice President at GCI, where she worked across disease areas including infectious disease, dermatology and women’s health.