Newswise — La Jolla, Calif., December 14, 2015 – Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) has announced an appointment to its leadership team.

Letizia Amadini-Lane, Pharm.D., has joined as Vice President, Strategic Alliances and will oversee key partnerships to maximize value to SBP and lead transformational initiatives within business development that align individuals, teams, and partners to deliver organizational goals.

Prior to joining SBP, Amadini-Lane spent 15 years at GSK, most recently as Vice President/Global Head, Employee Value Proposition where she led strategic planning and implementation to build engagement and sustain enterprise-wide alignment. In previous vice president positions, she established the Center of Excellence and best practices in global business development for the R&D product pipeline and was responsible for early- and late-stage collaborations.

Earlier in her career, Amadini-Lane served as a pharmaceutical consultant to international public health care organizations and was an executive at Fidia Pharmaceutical Corporation.

Amadini-Lane received her Doctor of Pharmacy from University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. She is a certified Executive Coach by the Teleos Leadership Institute and the ICF. She is also an accredited Consultant in the Leadership Hogan Assessment Program.

# # # About Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) is an independent nonprofit research organization that blends cutting-edge fundamental research with robust drug discovery to address unmet clinical needs in the areas of cancer, neuroscience, immunity, and metabolic disorders. The Institute invests in talent, technology, and partnerships to accelerate the translation of laboratory discoveries that will have the greatest impact on patients. Recognized for its world-class NCI-designated Cancer Center and the Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, SBP employs more than 1,100 scientists and staff in San Diego (La Jolla), Calif., and Orlando (Lake Nona), Fla. For more information, visit us at SBPdiscovery.org. The Institute can also be found on Facebook at facebook.com/SBPdiscovery and on Twitter @SBPdiscovery.