Daiichi Sankyo appoints Ken Keller as CCO
Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo (TYO: 4568) has appointed Ken Keller to the newly created role of chief commercialization officer (CCO), responsible for accelerating further growth of the company’s oncology and specialty medicine business through a new globally integrated commercialization unit, effective April 1, 2027.
As part of the operational excellence pillar outlined in the new Five-Year Business Plan of Daiichi Sankyo in May 2026, commercialization activities will be centralized and reorganized to drive greater speed and consistency, while optimizing resource management and investment decisions as part of the company’s ambition to become a global top five oncology company by 2035.
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