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Sanford Zweifach

Chairman of the Board at Carisma Therapeutics

Sanford (Sandy) Zweifach is a senior executive with 30 years in the life sciences industry. Mr. Zweifach was most recently Chair of Palladio Biosciences, Inc. and Janpix, Inc. which were merged into Centessa Pharmaceuticals , Ltd (NASDAG: CNTA) which was created by Medicxi though the merger of 10 private biotech companies. Mr. Zweifach is currently the Executive Chair of Kaerus Biosciences Ltd, a Non-Executive Board Member of Compugen, Inc.,(NASDAQ: CGEN) and Board Member of Essa Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIX) and advisor to several life science companies across several therapeutic areas.

Mr. Zweifach was a Venture Partner at Medicxi, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nuvelution Pharma, Inc., the Co-founder and CEO of Ascendancy Healthcare, Inc., and a Partner at Reedland Capital Partners. Previously, Mr. Zweifach served as CEO of Pathways Diagnostics, Managing Director and CFO of Bay City Capital, and President and CFO of Epoch Biosciences. Mr. Zweifach received his B.A. in Biology from UC San Diego and an M.S. in Human Physiology from UC Davis.