S07 E07: Kyowa Kirin’s Danie du Plessis on the potential of patient partnerships

EMJ GOLD: Pharma marketing, medical & more

In this week’s episode, Danie du Plessis, Executive Vice President, Pharmaceutical Operations, Kyowa Kirin, sits down with the EMJ GOLD team to share the value that patient partnerships can hold in the industry.

Danie explores how patient partnerships have evolved over the years, what companies should be doing to get them to their best potential, the value of learning from others and much more.

A little more on EMJ GOLD’s guest…

After completing his medical studies and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Pharmacology in South Africa, Danie spent three years working in a primary care setting including his own private practice. He joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1993, worked in medical affairs, marketing and sales, pharmacovigilance and clinical operations. He has held roles such as including Senior Vice President and Head of Worldwide Medical Affairs at GlaxoSmithKline. Danie joined Kyowa Kirin International in August 2019 as head of Medical Affairs and has been Executive Vice President Pharmaceutical Operations since April 2024.

He is also a Director and Chair of the Global non-profit Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) Board, Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine in the UK, visiting senior lecturer at King’s College, London and an affiliate member of the Association for Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision (APECS).