Dr Kunwar Shailubhai, Ph.D., M.B.A. - TILS Now back in OKYO13 Oct 2020 16:45
Has played mjaor part at Tils and has expreince of NDA / FDA approvals.......Huge boost for OKYO with these big guys.
Dr Shailubhai is retiring from his role as a director of the Company and offers himself for reappointment.Kunwar Shailubhai, Ph.D., M.B.A. serves as chief executive officer, chief scientific officer and executive director of Tiziana Life Sciences plc. Dr. Shailubhai brings more than 25 years of experience within the life science industry, combined with a distinguished track record of success in translating drugs from concept through commercialisation to market. He also currently serves as chief executive officer of Rasna Therapeutics, Inc., a developer of therapeutics to address the high unmet need that exists for acute myeloid leukaemia and other forms of leukaemia.Dr. Shailubhai has been serving as a member of board of Tiziana Life Sciences plc since 2015. He actively played key roles in development of growth strategies through several key licensings of technologies and drug candidates. Dr. Shailubhai steered Tiziana Life Sciences plc through prioritisation of projects to focus on novel drug candidates for treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and cancer.As co-founder, executive vice-president and chief scientific officer of Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. he led the non-clinical, chemistry, manufacture, controls and clinical development of TrulanceTM from inception to approval by the FDA, having co-invented and pioneered Synergy’s platform technology for functional gastrointestinal disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal cancer and other human diseases. Dr. Shailubhai, as the chief architect of the intellectual property estate, directed all aspects of intellectual property management, including timely submission of patent applications, directing office actions and coordinating with intellectual property attorneys. Earlier, from 2003 until 2008, Dr. Shailubhai served as senior vice president, Drug Discovery and from 2001 to 2003, he held the position of vice president, Drug Discovery at Synergy, where he pioneered therapeutic applications of Guanylate Cyclease-C agonists in a variety of human diseases such as Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and cholesterol lowering. Prior to Synergy, he was with Monsanto Company, serving as group leader, Cancer Prevention and previously served as a senior staff fellow at the National Institutes of Health, and as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland. Dr. Shailubhai received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Baroda, India, and his M.B.A. from the University of Missouri, St. Louis. He has more than 20 issued patents and over 50 peer-reviewed publications.
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