Antares Pharma Appoints Joseph Renda as Senior Vice President of Commercial May 06, 2021 07:15 ET | Source: Antares Pharma, Inc. Antares Pharma, Inc. Ewing, New Jersey, UNITED STATES EWING, N.J., May 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Antares Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRS) (“the Company”), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Joseph V. Renda as Senior Vice President of Commercial. Mr. Renda succeeds Patrick Shea who resigned to pursue other interests. Mr. Renda has had a successful career in leading commercial sales, marketing, and operations at large and mid-sized pharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining Antares, Mr. Renda was Vice President, U.S. Sales Autoimmune and Rare Disease at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals where he led a 200-person organization responsible for over $1B in annual sales and managed 5 unique therapeutic areas and institutional account teams. From 2012 to 2018, he held various positions of increasing responsibility at Novo Nordisk including Marketing Brand Director, Women’s Health Care and leading the commercial operations and effectiveness function responsible for a 150-person sales force. He was ultimately promoted to Vice President, U.S. Sales Biopharmaceutical Division leading a national sales team with over $600M in annual sales. Prior to that, he was Regional Business Director at Pfizer managing one of the largest U.S. sales regions with 175 sales and account representatives after serving in varying director and operational roles. He also previously served as Manager, U.S. Urology Marketing and Alliances at the Pharmacia Corporation and began his career in sales at The Upjohn Company. Mr. Renda earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University.