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Rick Shalaby

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Retired* at Self Employed
📍 New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States

Rick Shalaby is a senior pharmaceutical executive with deep expertise in commercialization, sales, and operations. He has a history of building and leading high-performing commercial teams at companies like Syneos Health, Amarin, and Merck. He holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and a BS from Purdue University and is a board member at Poly-Med, Inc.

Originally from Pennsylvania, Rick is a family man who has lived in the same historic stone farmhouse since 2003 with his wife and two children. He maintains strong ties with his friends from Notre Dame and is an avid follower of the universitys football team.

He has built multiple commercial organizations from the ground up, including a 300+ person sales force at Amarin to launch the companys first brand.

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Experience
34 Years
Current Role
Retired*
Location
New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biopharma Commercialization
His career has focused on building commercial teams and launching major pharmaceutical products for companies like Syneos Health, Merck, and Amarin.
Sales Force Scaling
He has extensive experience building and realigning large sales forces, including growing one team to over 300 representatives and another to 750.
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Career

Work history

6-2026
Retired*
Self Employed
6-2024 - 5-2026
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Co-lead
Syneos Health
12-2023 - 7-2024
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Clinical Business Development
Syneos Health
8-2022 - 12-2023
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Operations and Strategic Accounts
Syneos Health
6-2020 - 7-2022
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Commercial Business Development
Syneos Health
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Education
1990 - 1991
Masters of Business Administration
University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business
1985 - 1989
BS
Purdue University Daniels School of Business
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