Jian-Feng Lu

Dr. Jian-Feng Lu has been President and Chief Executive Officer of AskGene Pharma since its inception. He has more than 25 years’ experience in clinical pharmacology, including more than 12 years in PK/PD and drug development across various therapeutic areas at Genentech and Amgen. Dr. Lu’s previous posts included Pharmacometrician at Genentech and progressed to a Scientific Director at Amgen. During his tenure, he participated in the first BLA filing of Avastin and the first NDA filing of Tarceva. Additionally, Dr. Lu was responsible for PK/PD assessment, dose selection, and study design for many projects from pre-clinical stage to phase I, II and III, including biologics, small molecule, and antibody-drug conjugate programs.

Dr. Lu received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from China Pharmaceutical University and completed his post-doctoral training at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Lu is a guest professor at Jiangnan University and was invited to draft the biosimilar guidance for China’s State Food and Drug Administration (CFDA).