Amit Sachdev

Amit K. Sachdev is Chief Regulatory Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, where he has served in numerous executive leadership roles spanning the business as a corporate officer and member of the executive leadership team. During this time, Vertex experienced seven-fold growth and successfully developed and commercialized three novel breakthrough medicines for patients with serious liver disease and for patients with cystic fibrosis. Today, Vertex is one of the world’s leading global biotechnology companies with its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and London, England.

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Prior, Mr. Sachdev held various senior executive appointments in government both at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and in the U.S House of Representatives.

 

He also practiced law first at the American Chemistry Council and then at the law firm of Ropes and Gray. 

 

Amit has a B.S from Carnegie Mellon University and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law.