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Eric S. Benevich joined AVANIR Pharmaceuticals in July of 2005 as the Senior Director of Marketing. During his tenure at AVANIR Mr. Benevich helped build the AVANIR commercial infrastructure and successfully relaunch FazaClo®, more than doubling FazaClo sales in less than one year after AVANIR acquired the product. In August of 2007, Mr. Benevich was promoted to the position of Vice President, Communications and is responsible for all external communications as well as commercial planning and market development activities for AVANIR’s portfolio products.
Mr. Benevich arrived at AVANIR with over fifteen years of pharmaceutical industry experience in commercial areas such as Sales, Market Research and Brand Marketing at companies such as Astra Merck, Amgen and Peninsula Pharmaceuticals. In addition, he has been involved in marketing some of the pharmaceutical industry’s most successful blockbuster prescription products including Prilosec®, EPOGEN® and Enbrel®.
Mr. Benevich graduated from Washington State University with a degree in International Business and has completed several MBA courses at Villanova University. | 