David Chapin

David Chapin is the CEO and strategist at Forma Life Science Marketing, a leading marketing firm for biotech, life science, and pharma companies.1 He has held this position since 1987, accumulating 37 years of experience in the field.1 Chapin specializes in distilling complex communications into compelling messages for sophisticated audiences in the life sciences sector.1

In addition to his role at Forma Life Science Marketing, Chapin is also the CEO of Forma Medical Device Design, where he focuses on industrial design for medical and life science products.1 He is a prolific inventor, named on over 49 patents in the US and abroad.1

Chapin is the author of "Making the Complex Compelling, Creating High Performance Marketing in the Life Sciences," published in 2014.1 He serves on the board of NCBio and acts as a coach for the Win Without Pitching Program, helping agency principals improve their sales results.1

His educational background includes experience as a Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he developed and co-taught a course on Understanding and Managing Design for MBA students.1