Mohammad Azab

Dr. Azab was appointed to Lisata’s board in September 2022. Dr. Azab possesses more than 30 years of experience in worldwide drug development, and almost 20 years as board director. He led the development of several FDA and EMA approved drugs, including six in oncology. Previously, Dr. Azab served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Medical Officer of Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (previously Supergen Inc.). Prior to joining Astex Pharmaceuticals in July 2009, Dr. Azab served as President and CEO of Intradigm Corporation in Palo Alto, California, before it was acquired by Silence Therapeutics, a company developing siRNA cancer therapeutics. Previously, Dr. Azab served as executive vice president of Research and Development, and Chief Medical Officer of Vancouver, British Columbia-based QLT Inc., where he led clinical development for now-approved drugs in oncology, gastrointestinal and ophthalmologic indications. He also served as Oncology Drug Team leader at UK-based Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, now AstraZeneca, where he held responsibilities in global clinical development. In this capacity, he managed the development of now approved drugs for prostate, breast, lung, and colorectal cancer indications. Before Zeneca, Dr. Azab was an international medical manager in oncology at Sanofi Pharmaceuticals, in Gentilly, France.

Dr. Azab received his medical degree with honors in 1979 from Cairo University. He practiced as a medical oncologist and received post-graduate training and degrees in oncology research and statistics from the University of Paris-Sud and the University of Pierre and Marie Curie in France. He has published more than 100 medical papers and abstracts. He is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association of Cancer Research, the American Society of Hematology, and the European Society of Medical Oncology. In 2001, Dr. Azab received an MBA, with Distinction, from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada.