Polaris adds David Davidovic to San Francisco team

David Davidovic has joined Polaris in the US as Senior Advisor. Davidovic will support the firm’s clients on the West Coast out of Polaris’ San Francisco office.

For almost 35 years David Davidovic has been involved in the commercialisation of products and in building commercial capabilities in pharma and biotech. Most recently, he was Vice President and Global Head of Commercial Services for Roche and Genentech. Prior to joining Genentech, where he spent 8 years, he worked over 23 years for Merck & Company, where he served in multiple marketing, sales, business development, medical education, and commercial operations leadership roles, including marketing, sales, business unit and franchise head positions, in Canada, the US, the Middle East and Africa and globally.

Davidovic holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Business Administration degrees, both from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

“We are fortunate to be have been able to attract David to work with Polaris on a part time basis. He brings a wealth of direct industry knowledge and experience and is highly regarded in the field,” says Andy Bender, President and Founder of Polaris. Bender continues “among other responsibilities, David will help grow and support our San Francisco office and client base. This move further underscores our commitment to the strong and evolving biopharma market on the West coast.”