Director
Mr. Whitten was elected as a Director at the Insmed Annual Meeting on May 18, 2011.
Tim joined Insmed in December 2010 in connection with the business combination between Insmed and Transave. Previously Tim served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Transave since 2006. He joined Transave from Pharmacyclics where he served for approximately five years. His roles included Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations and Business Development, among others. Prior to Pharmacyclics, Mr. Whitten spent 16 years at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS). His roles included Vice President, Global Marketing, Oncology, Immunology and Pulmonary Diseases; Vice President U.S. Marketing, Bristol Myers Oncology and Immunology; and Vice President, Global Pravastatin Initiative. During his 16 years in marketing, sales and strategic planning at BMS, Mr. Whitten led the successful U.S. launch and marketing of Taxol® (paclitaxel) Injection, an oncology product. He also led the company's strategic direction for the global oncology and immunology franchises. Mr. Whitten earned his master's degree in business administration from Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at University of Virginia and received his pharmacy degree Magna Cum Laude from West Virginia University.
