Baxter has over 20 years of executive experience and a record of success in leading multinational corporate strategy efforts in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Most recently, Baxter was President and CEO of Neurogastrx, where he successfully led the company to its transformational $45 million Series A financing.
Prior to Neurogastrx, Baxter served as Chief Business Officer of AmpliPhi Biosciences (NYSE: APHB), where he played a pivotal role in establishing the Company’s manufacturing, leading multiple financing campaigns and navigating the company to its NYSE listing. Prior to AmpliPhi, Baxter’s leadership appointments included Depomed, where he was responsible for licensing the company's product portfolio of development-stage and marketed products on a global basis, and Osteologix, where he successfully concluded a global licensing transaction with a multinational pharmaceutical company. Baxter began his career as a research scientist with Insmed, Inc. where for ten years he held a range of leadership positions in research, licensing, finance, investor relations, and sales and marketing. He earned his MBA from the College of William and Mary and his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Hampden-Sydney College.