Martin Emanuele

Dr. Emanuele was appointed as a member of our board in September 2017. He has more than 30 years of bio-pharmaceutical industry experience including over 20 years at the senior executive level at companies including CytRx Corp., Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Kemia Inc, DaVita Inc, and Mast Therapeutics (now Savara). Dr. Emanuele has been a successful independent scientific investigator and awarded several US patents and drug development grants from the National Institutes of Health and the US Food & Drug Administration. During his career he has led four original IND’s for new chemical entities and been a key participant in the NDA approval for two first-in-class drugs. Dr. Emanuele also has extensive experience with collaborative drug development and has established and led partnerships with global pharmaceutical companies including Merck, GSK, AstraZeneca and Novartis. He earned a PhD in pharmacology and experimental therapeutics from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine and a BS in biology from Colorado State University. He also holds an MBA with an emphasis in healthcare and pharmaceutical management from the University of Colorado.