Soumitra S. Ghosh

Dr. Soumitra Ghosh is a biotechnology industry consultant and entrepreneur with extensive experience in drug discovery and drug development. His biopharmaceutical experience includes R&D leadership positions at Amylin Pharmaceuticals and MitoKor. At these companies, he led multi-disciplinary research teams for the development of small molecule, peptide and protein based drug candidates for the treatment of metabolic diseases and CNS disorders. His other current roles are acting CSO, Avexegen Therapeutics, Inc., Co-Founder and Scientific Advisor, BioShore Partners, Inc., and President of the Peptide Therapeutics Foundation. He received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago, and conducted his post-doctoral research at Rockefeller University in New York.