Paul Shin

Paul Shin is Vice President, Head of R&D Operations at 89bio and is responsible for Clinical Operations, Program Management, Medical Writing and Regulatory Affairs. Paul has 25+ years of experience in positions of increasing responsibility at biopharmaceutical companies and CROs including leadership roles in clinical research & operations, program management, biometrics, medical writing and other functional areas within R&D. Prior to joining 89bio, Paul served as Vice President, Global Clinical Operations at Intercept Pharmaceuticals from December 2018 to August 2020, where he was responsible for management and execution of all clinical programs globally. Before Intercept, Paul was Sr. Vice President, Global R&D Operations at Nestle Health Sciences from 2016 to 2018, and prior to that, he served as Vice President, R&D Operations at Avanir Pharmaceuticals from 2011 to 2016. Prior to Avanir Pharmaceuticals from 2005 to 2011, Paul held leadership roles within R&D at Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Prometheus Therapeutics. He has a broad background in drug development with strong organizational leadership experience in building and managing high performing, global R&D teams as well as broad therapeutic experience in CNS, Endocrinology, Cardiovascular, GI, Liver and Oncology.

Paul earned his B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California, Riverside and completed a post-graduate program in Neurosciences at University of California, Irvine.