Brian Markison is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of RVL Pharmaceuticals. He previously served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Osmotica Pharmaceuticals from 2016 to 2021. Mr. Markison is a healthcare industry veteran, with more than 30 years of operational, marketing, commercial development, and sales experience with international pharmaceutical companies.
He has served as an industry executive to Avista Capital Partners since September 2012. He previously served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and board member of Fougera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a dermatology-focused specialty pharmaceutical company sold to Sandoz Ltd., the generics division of Novartis AG.
Before leading Fougera, Mr. Markison was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which he joined as Chief Operating Officer in March 2004. He was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer later that year and elected Chairman in 2007. Prior to joining King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mr. Markison held various senior leadership positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb.
He serves as Chairman of the Board of Lantheus Holdings, Inc. and is on the board of directors of Cosette Pharmaceuticals, National Spine and Pain Centers, LLC, and Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is also a Director of the College of New Jersey. Mr. Markison holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Iona College.