Prakash Raman is Vice President and Global Head of Business Development and Licensing (BD&L) for Oncology at Novartis. Prakash has had a very diverse and successful career in R&D at several different companies including Novartis, AstraZeneca and Millennium. In his current role, Prakash leads BD&L activities for Novartis Oncology focusing on late stage clinical and marketed assets. Most recently, Prakash was in the BD&L team at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) BD team where he led numerous deals focused on building the Novartis Immuno-Oncology portfolio.

Prior to his time in the NIBR BD team, Prakash was Head of Project Management for the Infectious Disease iMED unit at AstraZeneca where he managed a portfolio of early to clinical stage programs. Prior to his role at AstraZeneca, Prakash was a Project Leader and Project Manager in the Infectious Disease therapeutic area at Novartis and as a research scientist at Millennium Pharmaceuticals.
Prakash has a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison followed by a post-doctoral position at The Scripps Research Institute.