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Board of Directors:
Kapil Dhingra, M.D
Michael Gargano
Colin Goddard, Ph.D
Alan Lewis, Ph.D.
Viren Mehta
Mark Simon
Management:
Colin Goddard, Ph.D
Executive Chairman
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Drug development expert, former head of Roche
Oncology Leadership Team; led growth of
oncology franchise from $800m to >$10 Billion per
annum.
Managing Director of Argent Ventures, real estate
developer and investor in major US cities,
primarily New York, LA and Miami.
CEO of OSI Pharmaceuticals from 1998 until its
$4B acquisition by Astellas Pharmaceuticals in
June 2010; joined OSI as a scientist in 1989;
presided over transition from $64M market cap to
fully integrated biopharmaceutical company with
$500M in revenue in 2010. Currently a director of
Human Genome Sciences, Zelos and PanOptica.
Chairman and CEO of Ambit Biosciences;
previously President of Research at Celgene, CEO
of Novocell, CEO of Signal Therapeutics, and VP
of Research at Wyeth.
25+ year career advising biopharmaceutical industry
worldwide: Founding Partner of Mehta Partners and
earlier of Mehta & Islay; Management at Merck &
Co.; Recently BOD at OS1 Pharmaceuticals.
Former head of healthcare investment banking
CitiGroup, renown biotech financier, has raised
more than $30 Billion in public and private
financings and many global strategic partnerships,
current industry advisor.
CEO of OSI Pharmaceuticals from 1998 until its
$4B acquisition by Astellas Pharmaceuticals in
June 2010; joined OSI as a scientist in 1989;
presided over transition from $64M market cap to
fully integrated biopharmaceutical company with
$500M in revenue in 2010. Currently a director of
Human Genome Sciences, Zelos and PanOptica.
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Derek A. Small
Interim/ founding CEO, Director
Lee Arnold, PIED
Chief Scientific Officer
Jim Schulz
Head of Finance
Founding Scientists:
Francis Barony, Ph.D.
Founder, Chief Scientist
Donald Bergstrom, Ph.D.
Founder, Chief Chemist
Maneesh Pingle, Ph.D
Founder, Sr. Science Advisor
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President of Luson Bioventures: focuses on starting
new biotech ventures, drug developer of multiple
molecules to human studies, raised >$50m in start
up financing; part of early or founding management
at Semafore Pharmaceuticals, Simdesk, Kinagen,
Endgenitor, Naurex, and other start ups
22+ years in pharma discovery; former VP of US
Research for OSI, inventor of Tarceva®, leading
cancer drug >$1 Billion sales in 08, and 6 other
molecules into clinical development; previously at
Abbott, Pfizer.
Partner in Upward Focus, LLC; over 20 years of
experience in public accounting, Fortune 500 and
start-up companies; focus expertise in outsourced
financial support for small biotech companies
including SonarMed Inc., Tigas Pharmaceuticals,
and Naurex Inc.
Professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell
University; Inventor on 34 issued patents including
ligase chain reaction (LCR) and others generating
>$1.3B sales; >110 publications; numerous awards
including Scientific American Top 50 Scientists in
2004; Ph.D. from Rockefeller 1981
Walther Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Purdue
University; 13 patents and >120 publications;
numerous awards and advisor to several start-up
biotechs; Chemistry Ph.D. from Berkley in 1970.
Instructor at Weill Medical College of Cornell
University in the department of Microbiology; Ph.D.
from Purdue University in Medicinal Chemistry and
Molecular Pharmacology.
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Scientific Advisors:
Paul Anderson, Ph.D
Leading drug discovery expert, chemist, former
head of discovery at, BMS and Merck/Dupont;
awarded the ACS Priestley Medal, has discovered
or developed several approved new drugs such as
TRUSOPT, ZOCOR, CRIXIVAN and SUSTIVA
that have achieved over $5 billion in aggregate
annual sales.
Homer L. Pearce, Ph.D
Leading drug discovery expert, chemist, former head
of oncology discovery & dev, Eli Lilly; awarded
ACS Hero of Chemistry Award, has discovered or
developed >25 clinical candidates and 3 FDA
approved drugs with aggregate annual sales over $3
billion such as Gemzar, Alimta, and Oncotak.
Charles Fisher, M.D.
35+ year career in clinical investigation and drug
development: previously DVP, Global
Pharmaceutical Development, Abbott Laboratories;
Executive Director, Clinical Research Fellow, Eli
Lilly (Xigris®); Professor and Head, Critical Care
Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Kama Dhingra, M.D
Drug development expert, former head of Roche
Oncology Leadership Team; led growth of
oncology franchise from S800m to >$10 Billion per
annum.
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