Krysten Klein Brand, M.S. (She/Her)
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Gordon I.
I have worked with Krysten at Talaris and Novartis in multiple roles. Krysten is absolutely fantastic. She is collaborative, action oriented, and customer focused. She is enthusiastic, proactive, and completes all the tasks quickly and effectively. Krysten’s continual curiosity and external focus causes her to bring new ideas to internal teams. She is open to new ideas and puts the team before herself. She is dedicated to the company and her follow-up skills are top notch. She always maintains a positive attitude and is one of the most trustworthy people I know. She continually goes above and beyond her regular duties. Overall, I highly recommend Krysten!
Gordon I.
I have worked with Krysten at Talaris and Novartis in multiple roles. Krysten is absolutely fantastic. She is collaborative, action oriented, and customer focused. She is enthusiastic, proactive, and completes all the tasks quickly and effectively. Krysten’s continual curiosity and external focus causes her to bring new ideas to internal teams. She is open to new ideas and puts the team before herself. She is dedicated to the company and her follow-up skills are top notch. She always maintains a positive attitude and is one of the most trustworthy people I know. She continually goes above and beyond her regular duties. Overall, I highly recommend Krysten!
Gordon I.
I have worked with Krysten at Talaris and Novartis in multiple roles. Krysten is absolutely fantastic. She is collaborative, action oriented, and customer focused. She is enthusiastic, proactive, and completes all the tasks quickly and effectively. Krysten’s continual curiosity and external focus causes her to bring new ideas to internal teams. She is open to new ideas and puts the team before herself. She is dedicated to the company and her follow-up skills are top notch. She always maintains a positive attitude and is one of the most trustworthy people I know. She continually goes above and beyond her regular duties. Overall, I highly recommend Krysten!
Gordon I.
I have worked with Krysten at Talaris and Novartis in multiple roles. Krysten is absolutely fantastic. She is collaborative, action oriented, and customer focused. She is enthusiastic, proactive, and completes all the tasks quickly and effectively. Krysten’s continual curiosity and external focus causes her to bring new ideas to internal teams. She is open to new ideas and puts the team before herself. She is dedicated to the company and her follow-up skills are top notch. She always maintains a positive attitude and is one of the most trustworthy people I know. She continually goes above and beyond her regular duties. Overall, I highly recommend Krysten!
Experience
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Talaris Therapeutics
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Patient Advocacy and Engagement
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Jun 2021 - Present
Developed a patient centered national recruitment strategy, including building a field based team, creating a full portfolio of tools and implementing impactful tactics across three HSCT clinical trial programs. Recipient of CEO award in first year. Developed a patient centered national recruitment strategy, including building a field based team, creating a full portfolio of tools and implementing impactful tactics across three HSCT clinical trial programs. Recipient of CEO award in first year.
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Novartis
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Switzerland
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Medical Science Liaison, Associate Director, Transplant and Immunology
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Apr 2019 - Jun 2021
Drove scientific engagement with the medical/scientific community by implementing and partnering on clinical and educational strategies. Developed collaborative relationships with medical experts to pair needs with available resources. Inform medical strategies through robust scientific and patient outcomes insight-generation. Awarded MSL of the Year in first year
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Sr. Strategic Account Manager, Transplant
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Apr 2017 - Apr 2019
Lead the development, coordination and implementation of strategic account plans in Transplant Centers of Excellence. Key Novartis contact with internal leadership, stakeholders and external KOLs to develop and execute account-centric programs that are aligned with franchise strategic priorities.
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Gilead Sciences
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Community Specialist Hepatitis C
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Jan 2016 - Apr 2017
Designed strategic initiatives in partnership with systems of care across 3 counties (LA, Ventura, and Santa Barbara) to achieve HCV market growth. Lead without authority building internal and external teams to implement strategies resulting in increased HCV Screening/Diagnosing/ Referring within Public Health, FQHCs, Addiction Medicine, ASOs and Large IPAs.
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Senior Therapeutic Specialist, HCV
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Jul 2013 - Jan 2016
Drove the launch of 2 ground-breaking HCV (Hepatitis C Virus) therapies, Sovaldi, and Harvoni, Northern Los Angeles territory ranked #1 nationally
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Bristol Myers Squibb
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United States
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Transplant Specialist
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Jan 2010 - Jul 2013
SENIOR TRANSPLANT SPECIALIST California and Hawaii Territory Drove sales growth of a first-in-class biologic in a highly competitive oral market. Created and implemented strategic business plan consistently exceeding corporate performance metrics. SENIOR TRANSPLANT SPECIALIST California and Hawaii Territory Drove sales growth of a first-in-class biologic in a highly competitive oral market. Created and implemented strategic business plan consistently exceeding corporate performance metrics.
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Novartis
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Switzerland
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Transplant Account Manager
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Dec 1998 - Dec 2009
TRANSPLANT ACCOUNT MANAGER: Liver, Kidney, and Heart Transplant Greater Los Angeles Territory September 2002 to December 2010 Top performing Specialty Account Manager. Consistently achieved above 100% of sales goal across portfolio of transplant immunosuppression therapies. Drove sales increases of branded products in a generic market Senior Sales Consultant, CV December 1998 - September 2002 Represented a portfolio of cardiovascular medications to Cardiologists, Nephrologist, Endocrinologists, Internal Medicine and Family Practice physicians
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Kid Shape
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Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Nutrition Health Educator
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Aug 1999 - Aug 2002
Non-Profit Pediatric/Family Nutrition education program. Behavior Modification Specialist, Nutrition Educator for Saturday morning health care facility based family group classes. Non-Profit Pediatric/Family Nutrition education program. Behavior Modification Specialist, Nutrition Educator for Saturday morning health care facility based family group classes.
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US Concepts
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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On Site Manager
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Mar 1994 - Oct 1998
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Brandeis University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lab Tech
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Sep 1994 - Sep 1996
Developed protocols for cell culture and animal studies in the area of Developmental Neuro-Biological research Developed protocols for cell culture and animal studies in the area of Developmental Neuro-Biological research
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Education
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1996 - 1998
Tufts University
M.S., Nutritional Biochemistry and Physiology, Epidemiology -
1996 - 1998
Tufts University
Master of Science (M.S.), State of MA Teaching Credential, Chemistry and General Science -
1990 - 1994
University at Albany, SUNY
B.A., Political Science, Psychology, Pre-Med
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