Thomas Rollins M.S., M.B.A.
Chief Development Officer and Head of the Microbiome Program
Mr. Thomas E. Rollins, M.S., M.B.A., has been the Chief Development Officer and Head of the Microbiome Program at Assembly Biosciences, Inc. since January 11, 2016. Mr. Rollins served as Senior Vice President of Program, Global Head of Program and Portfolio Management and Portfolio Management at Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. since July 02, 2012. Mr. Rollins joined Cubist from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Dainippon Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President of Program Management and R&D Planning since 2009. He spent 15 years at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. as Vice President of Development Operations from 2001 to 2005 and Senior Vice President of Product Development from 2005 to 2009. At Sepracor, he served as Senior Vice President of Development and established an efficient and productive semi-virtual drug development organization that advanced Lunesta?? from IND through NDA submission in just 42 months. Prior to Sepracor, he held numerous senior research and project positions at Merck Research Laboratories. During his tenure, Mr. Rollins oversaw the global development and commercialization of the anti-bacterial drugs Sivestro??? and Zerbaxa???, and helped transform Cubist into a multi-program, multi-product company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Rollins served as a researcher before moving to Project Management at Merck, where he was co-team leader for a number of major global products, including Crixivan???, the first HIV protease inhibitor and the pioneering osteoporosis drug Fosamax???. Mr. Rollins received an MBA from Rutgers University and BS and MS degrees from Michigan State University.