Deborah Larsen

Ms. Larsen has been Chief Strategy Officer (Commercial Operations) since August 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Larsen served as Chief Commercial Officer beginning in December 2016, and Vice President, Marketing overseeing Consumer and Professional Communications, Market Access and Business Analytics from January 2016 to December 2016. She joined VIVUS in February 2015 as Director of Marketing. Prior to joining VIVUS, Ms. Larsen held Global Marketing roles with GSK Consumer Healthcare from 2007 to 2014, with a leadership role in the obesity business since 2010. From 1996 to 2007, Ms. Larsen held the position of Sr. V.P., Management Supervisor at ICC, a Healthcare Communications Agency based in New Jersey. From 1987 to 1996, Ms. Larsen served in several Marketing and Brand Management positions at Novartis. From 2013 to 2014, Ms. Larsen also served on the Board of Directors for the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA) Metro Chapter. Ms. Larsen has a B.S. in Biology from Ramapo College of New Jersey and an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.