Adrienne Day

Dr. Day is the President of Blue Gum Advisors LLC, a consulting firm focused on providing business development support to the life science industry.  She is a seasoned business development professional with more than 30 years of experience in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries. Her hands-on operational and executive management experience in the non-profit, for-profit, and startup environments,has enabled her to develop broad business expertise. Adrienne’s entrepreneurial spirit coupled with a strong scientific background has led to a successful track record of identifying and securing assets.

Most recently she was Senior Director of Business Development for Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, Dr. Day ran a successful consulting practice. She has previously served as Vice President of Business Development at what is now the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Vice President of Business Development at Conforma Therapeutics, Senior Director of Business Development at Molecumetics Ltd., Associate Director of Corporate Development at Ligand Pharmaceuticals. She was Ligand Pharmaceuticals’ first Project Manager and began her biotechnology career at Invitrogen Corporation where she held various scientific positions.

Dr. Day received her B.Sc., B.Sc. Honors, and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry from the University of Adelaide, Australia. She completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Southern California and the La Jolla Cancer Research Center.