Leadership
Our Founder
Proven oncology drug developer — 9 FDA-approved products generating >$12 B in annual sales
Alfred Slanetz, PhD, ME
"Targeting the mutations that cause cancer with the patient's retrained immune system will redefine cancer treatment."
Dr. Slanetz has a 20-year record with
9 FDA approved drugs generating $12B annual revenues 1
| Immunotherapies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Use | Year FDA Approved | |
| HERCEPTIN® | First personalized treatment for breast cancer | 1998 |
| ABECMA® | First CAR-T therapy on the market: malignant myeloma | 2021 |
| ZYNTEGLO® | Gene therapy: blood disorder (beta thalassemia) | 2022 |
| SKYSONA® | Gene therapy: genetic brain disease (ALD) | 2022 |
| LYFGENIA® | Gene therapy: sickle cell anemia | 2023 |
| Antibodies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| RITUXAN® | AVASTIN® | LUCENTIS® | XOLAIR® |
First to discover T-cell receptor recognition (Science Magazine, 1994)
1 2022 annual sales published by Novartis & Roche
Our Team
Paul Abrams, MD, JD
Executive DirectorExecutive Director
Dan Kozin, BS, MBA
SVP Business OperationsSVP Business Operations
Alexey Bersenev, MD, PhD
Scientific and Process/Manufacturing AdvisorScientific and Process/Manufacturing Advisor
Sriram Srivatsa, PhD
Sr. Research ScientistSr. Research Scientist
Philip Friedlander, MD, PhD
Scientific and Clinical AdvisorScientific and Clinical Advisor
Debra Barngrover, PhD
Scientific, Mfg. and Regulatory AdvisorScientific, Mfg. and Regulatory Advisor
Kunal Bhatia
CFOCFO