Darrin M. Beaupre

Darrin is a Medical Oncologist and Hematologist with 16 years of industry experience in both early and late phase clinical development. He previously served as the Chief Medical Officer in Oncology at Biosplice overseeing the Oncology Research and Development Therapeutic area. Previous to this position he was Senior Vice President, Head of Early Oncology Development and Clinical Research at Pfizer, where he supervised the filing and execution of numerous INDs in broad platform areas including small molecules, large molecules, antibody drug conjugates, bispecifics, a CAR-T, and vaccines. Prior to joining Pfizer, he was Head of the Early Development, Immunotherapy, and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Therapeutic Areas at Pharmacyclics. There, he participated in the NDA filings of ibrutinib for mantle cell and marginal zone lymphoma, both of which achieved accelerated approvals. He also initiated Phase 2 and 3 trials testing ibrutinib in several Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma indications. Earlier in his career, Darrin served as a member of the Amgen early development group and was a Medical Director involved in filing multiple INDs. Linked to his translational medicine background, he also previously served as an Assistant Professor at the Moffit Cancer Center in the Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology. In addition to being awarded a Hollis Brownstein Research Grant, Darrin also received a Clinical Scholars in Oncology Award from the National Cancer Institute and was nominated as a “new scientist to watch” by the Leukemia Research Foundation. Dr. Beaupre completed his Medical Oncology and Hematology Fellowship and post-doctoral research training at the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center, where he was supported by an NIH K12 Award. He completed his MD and PhD in Cancer Biology at the University of Texas at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center, respectively, where he was a member of the MD PhD program.