AbbVie Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Tanu Misra as Vice-President and General Manager of AbbVie in Canada. Tanu joined Abbott in 2002 as a financial analyst. Since then, she has held positions of increasing complexity and responsibility across diverse functional areas with both Abbott Laboratories, Inc. and AbbVie, Inc., in Illinois, USA.
Leadership and Experience
She has provided leadership across multiple therapeutic areas, most recently serving as Vice-President, Dermatology Psoriatic, U.S. Immunology. Throughout her career, she has driven sustained growth through strong market insight and commercial leadership. Tanu brings extensive biopharma leadership experience, including commercial strategy, portfolio leadership, launch excellence, and team development across diverse markets.
Philanthropy and Community Involvement
Tanu’s philanthropic platform is education for the underserved. She serves as a Board member of Bernie’s Book Bank, supported since 2014 by the AbbVie Foundation. Tanu champions children’s literacy and helps empower future readers and leaders.
About AbbVie in Canada
With more than 1,000 Canadian employees, AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver medicines and solutions that help treat serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. The company aims to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – as well as virology, gynecology and urology, and products and services in its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
For more information about AbbVie in Canada, please visit the company's website.



