Archive for the 'Profiles' Category

Shelley Chu, MD, PhD

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Dr. Shelley Chu joined Frazier Healthcare in 2005 as a Vice President and became a Principal in 2007.  Dr. Chu is a member of Frazier Healthcare’s biopharma investment team and has played significant roles in the firm’s investments in Intradigm Corporation, Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Cerexa, and Arete Therapeutics among others.  (more…)

W. Scott Harkonen, MD

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

W. Scott Harkonen, M.D., is President and Chief Executive Officer of CoMentis, a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of small-molecule drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cognitive disorders.

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Steven D. Targum, MD

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Dr. Steven Targum serves as Chief Medical Officer at BrainCells, Inc. (BCI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of breakthrough small molecule therapeutics for diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).  (more…)

Martin Tolar, MD, PhD

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Martin Tolar, M.D., Ph.D., is Chief Scientific Officer at CoMentis, a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of small-molecule drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cognitive disorders. (more…)

Tadataka Yamada, MD

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Dr. Yamada joined Frazier Healthcare Ventures in 2006 as a Senior Advisor to the biopharma team. (more…)

Henry Hsu, MD

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Henry Hsu, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, CoMentis, a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of small-molecule drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cognitive disorders. (more…)

August M. Watanabe, MD

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

August M. Watanabe, MD, joined Frazier Healthcare Ventures in 2005 as Senior Advisor to the Biopharma team.   (more…)

Medimmune Ventures

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

MedImmune Ventures, Inc. is a wholly owned venture capital subsidiary of MedImmune, Inc. It was created in 2002 to leverage the company’s expertise in discovering, developing and commercializing biotechnology products, as well as its financial resources, to transform new ideas in biotechnology into successful products and companies. (more…)

Jospeh Amprey, MD, PhD

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Joe Amprey is a member of the Metastatix Board of Directors and is also a Principal at MedImmune Ventures. (more…)

Drew Senyei, MD

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Drew Senyei, MD, is a managing director at Enterprise Partners  where he leads the life science practice. Drew focuses on investments in pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices and consumer healthcare. (more…)