Based in Vienna, Jacek Nowak is Amgen’s Executive Medical Director for Eastern Europe with responsibility for the company’s medical affairs and clinical research and development activities in the region. Prior to joining Amgen in 2003, Nowak served as Medical Director for Central Europe with American Home Products Corporation, where he co-developed and supervised product strategies and established key account contacts. He has also held the role of Marketing and Sales Manager with Cilag T.I.O, the pharmaceutical division of Johnson and Johnson. From 1988 to 1991, Nowak worked as a Medical Doctor at the Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital of the Silesian School of Medicine in Katowice, Poland. Nowak holds a degree in medicine from the Silesian School of Medicine. He also earned his doctorate there on completion of research work on influence of leptin receptor polymorphisms and bone mass. Nowak holds a Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians in London. In addition to his native Polish, Nowak is fluent in English and German.