Lauren Walrath

Vice President, Public Affairs

Lauren Walrath is Vice President, Public Affairs for Kyowa Kirin North America (KKNA). Ms. Walrath's career began 20+ years ago in advertising agencies, launching new products and digital services for Fortune 200 companies, including P&G, Kodak, American Express and TD Ameritrade.

Lauren worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb from 2006 to 2014, leading communications and change management for the Global Development & Medical Affairs and Worldwide Commercial organizations, and later patient advocacy in support of BMS' Immuno-Oncology franchise. Lauren's passion for biopharma corporate communications led her to senior roles with Entrée Health, Atlantis Healthcare and Aquestive Therapeutics before joining Kyowa Kirin in 2019. At KKNA, Lauren manages external communications (PR, media, social), employee communications, and advocacy engagements across disease areas. She has been a leading advocate for DE&I within the company, and has played a key role in shaping the company culture and expanding collaborations with patient groups to ensure family needs are at the heart of research, patient education and support programs. Lauren holds an MBA from Columbia University, a BA with honors from Pennsylvania State University. She lives with her family in Central NJ.

Talks About
#communications #strategy #management

Preferred Locations
#Northamerica