Paul Abrams

Paul’s major motivation for his entire career has been to improve outcomes for patients, especially those with cancer. He is a board-certified oncologist who was trained at the National Cancer Institute, where he later became their Cancer Expert. He has over 25 years’ experience as President & Chief Executive Officer, Board Member and Adviser of publicly-traded and private companies in biotechnology with a scientific and medical background in tumor immunology, translational medicine and clinical oncology. Paul was Medical Director and later CEO and Director of NeoRx Corporation, a publicly-traded monoclonal antibody-focused oncology company, and President, CEO and Director of CEPTYR, Inc., a privately-held diabetes company. He also served as transitional CEO for Nexgen, a medical device company. He was Board Chair of Aptein, Inc., sold to Cambridge Antibody Technologies, then sold to Astra-Zeneca. He was elected to the Executive Committee of the Biotechnology Industry Association, and the Board of the E. Donnall Thomas Award Committee.