Juvena CEO, Hanadie Yousef, Explores the Future of the Intersection of Technology and Biology Alongside Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs with Middle East & Northern African roots at the Annual TechWadi Forum
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Discussing longevity insights among financial and biotech leaders at the BioFuture Conference, Juvena CEO, Hanadie Yousef, PhD explores the role of secreted proteins in targeting chronic and age-related diseases.
Banmeet Anand, PhD
Dr. Banmeet Anand joined Juvena Therapeutics in October 2024 as Senior Vice President of Drug Development with more than 20 years of experience in the discovery and development of antibodies (naked, ADCs, fusion proteins and bi-specific), small molecules, and cellular therapies (NK-T, CAR-T). Dr. Anand most recently was Senior Vice President of Translational Medicine ay Harpoon Therapeutics (a subsidiary of Merck Inc.) where he led toxicology, pharmacology, biomarkers, non-clinical/clinical PK/PD, companion diagnostics including IND-enabling studies supporting Harpoon’s proprietary TriTAC biologics (T-cell engager) portfolio. Dr. Anand previously held management and scientific positions at Molecular Templates, NantKwest (ImmunityBio), Astellas (Agensys) and Genentech where he was involved in early and late development of multiple approved drugs such as RITUXAN®, PADCEV® and OCREVUS®. Dr. Anand received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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Bernard (Barney) D. King, MD, MBA, RAC (US, EU)
Dr. King is President of Macnas Consulting International, Inc. Macnas specializes in strategic product development planning and execution for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies and in due diligence consulting for venture capital, investment, and pharmaceutical firms.
Dr. King has more than 25 years’ experience managing business and development operations in the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology and CRO (Contract Research Organization) industries. In particular, he has directed, or been directly involved in, development programs for more than 100 pharmaceutical, medical device and biologics products. The products have addressed clinical targets in a broad range of therapeutic areas and the development programs have included more than 250 separate clinical trials in multiple countries.
Dr. King graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, majoring in English and Preprofessional Studies, and received his MD from the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is board certified in Cardiology and Internal Medicine. He received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. King’s book on development entitled, Get It Right The First Time! Pharmaceutical Product Development: Intelligent Solutions for Challenging Issues was recently published by Macnas Press, San Diego, CA. It is available online at www.macnaspress.com and through Amazon.
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Steven James, MS
Steven James has over 35 years of biopharmaceutical experience and has been involved in building and leading numerous successful companies and the discovery and development of important approved drug products. Mr. James was most recently president, Chief Executive Officer and director of Pionyr Immunotherapeutics until it was acquired by Ikena Oncology. Previously, he was president, Chief Executive Officer and director of Labrys Biologics until it was acquired by Teva Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Labrys, Mr. James was president, Chief Executive Officer and director of KAI Pharmaceuticals which was acquired by Amgen. He has held leadership positions at Exelixis, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, and began his career at Eli Lilly. He holds a Masters in Management from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in neuroscience from Brown University. Mr. James is currently a director of Allakos Inc. Ventus Therapeutics and Lyterian Therapeutics. He was formerly the chairman of Antiva Biosciences, and a director of Ocera Inc. (acquired by Mallinkrodt) and Cascadian Therapeutics (acquired by Seattle Genetics).
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