Robin Hyde-DeRuyscher

Dr. Hyde-DeRuyscher has been in the biotech world for over 20 years as a researcher and executive. He received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut in 1989 with a focus on Virology. He carried out post-doctoral studies at Princeton University in the laboratory of Thomas Shenk extending his knowledge in virology and the control of gene expression. In 1996 he moved to North Carolina to become the first scientific employee at Novalon Pharmaceuticals where he carried out pivotal technology development enabling the company’s high-throughput screening platform for genomic targets. After Novalon was acquired by Karo Bio AB (Sweden), he stayed on and managed internal drug discovery efforts and external collaborations. Robin moved to Affinergy in 2003, focusing on enabling their peptide bridging technology and authoring multiple patents. In 2005 he moved to Biogen in RTP as part of the Manufacturing Sciences organization. He took on increasing levels of responsibility and was Associate Director responsible for global interactions with regulatory authorities for the approval of new products and inspections. He was involved in approvals for Avonex (2nd generation), Tysabri, Alprolix, Eloctate, and Plegridy. After Biogen, he became a consultant providing services in CMC and pre-clinical research. Emergo was conceived in early 2016 with his wife Nancy as they researched potential interventions into their daughter’s medical condition and they realized that mast cells presented opportunities as an untapped target that was involved in many disease states.