{"id":7808,"date":"2024-02-07T15:44:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T23:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/?post_type=leadership&#038;p=7808"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:44:56","slug":"abhijit-bhatia","status":"publish","type":"leadership","link":"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/leadership\/abhijit-bhatia","title":{"rendered":"Abhijit Bhatia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-7808\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-7808-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"padding: 25px 25px 25px 25px;\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-7808-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-7808-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7808-0-0-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div class=\"leadership-member\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"profile-img\" src=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/11\/AB-Headshot.png\" alt=\"Abhijit Bhatia Profile Photo\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"name\">Abhijit Bhatia<\/h3>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>Chief Operating Officer (COO)<\/strong><br>\nChairman &amp; Managing Director, Medlight SA<br>\nChairman &amp; Managing Director, Rakuten Medical Private Limited<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n.leadership-member {\n\tdisplay: grid;\n}\n.leadership-member h3 {\n\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\twidth: calc(100% - 15px);\n\tcolor: #bf0000;\n\tline-height: 1.4em;\n\ttransform: translateX(15px) translateY(-25px);\n\tpadding: 10px 10px 4px;\n\tbackground-color: #fff;\n}\n.leadership-member p.title {\n\twidth: calc(100% - 15px);\n\tpadding: 0 10px 10px;\n\ttransform: translateX(15px) translateY(-25px);\n}\n\n.leadership-member a,\n.leadership-member a:hover {\n\tcolor: #000;\n\ttext-decoration: none;\n}\n<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-7808-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-7808-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>As Chief Operating Officer of Rakuten Medical, Abhijit Bhatia oversees a broad range of corporate functions, including finance and accounting, business development, corporate communications and investor relations, as well as artificial intelligence and information technology.<\/p>\n<p>With more than two decades of experience across the biopharmaceutical industry, Abhijit plays a key role in shaping Rakuten Medical\u2019s corporate strategy and translating it into execution. Since joining the company, he has led and supported a number of strategic transactions and partnerships with global pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions. These initiatives include a significant long-term supply agreement for a critical material, the acquisition of the photoactivatable dye IR700, and the acquisition of Medlight, where he established the strategic direction to secure reliable device supply for clinical development and commercialization.<\/p>\n<p>Abhijit has also played an instrumental role in raising more than $700 million in capital to support Rakuten Medical\u2019s growth and development. He has helped establish and deepen the company\u2019s relationships across the U.S. capital markets, building trusted relationships with leading institutional investors, investment banks, and the broader Wall Street healthcare community. These efforts have strengthened Rakuten Medical\u2019s engagement with the investment community and supported its long-term financing and corporate development strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Rakuten Medical, Abhijit held research, development, and management roles at Celgene, Abraxis Biosciences, Amgen, the Saban Research Institute at Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, and Cleveland Clinic Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Abhijit earned an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cleveland State University in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic Foundation and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-7808","leadership","type-leadership","status-publish","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Abhijit Bhatia - Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/leadership\/abhijit-bhatia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abhijit Bhatia - Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As Chief Operating Officer of Rakuten Medical, Abhijit Bhatia oversees a broad range of corporate functions, including finance and accounting, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/leadership\/abhijit-bhatia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-11-10T19:44:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rakuten-med.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/02\/RakutenMedical_KV.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/abhijit-bhatia\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/abhijit-bhatia\\\/\",\"name\":\"Abhijit Bhatia - Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-07T23:44:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-11-10T19:44:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/abhijit-bhatia\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/abhijit-bhatia\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/leadership\\\/abhijit-bhatia\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Abhijit Bhatia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rakuten-med.com\\\/us\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rakuten Medical - To conquer cancer.\",\"description\":\"Rakuten Medical, Inc. is a global biotechnology company developing precision, cell-targeting investigational therapies on its Alluminox\u2122TM technology platform. 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