Jin-Long Chen

Dr. Chen is NGM’s Founder and has served as a member of our Board of Directors and as Chief Scientific Officer since January 2008. He was also NGM’s President until November 2014. Previously, Dr. Chen held various positions at Amgen, most recently as its Vice President, Metabolic Disorders, with responsibility for leading the company’s global research efforts in small molecule and biologic drug discovery for the treatment of human diseases affecting metabolism, bone, mineral balance and muscle. Prior to joining Amgen, he served as Vice President of Biology at Tularik where he guided drug discovery research in oncology, inflammation and metabolic disease. Dr. Chen’s pioneering work on a broad array of targets at both Amgen and Tularik not only opened up opportunities to study new aspects of biology and physiology across disease areas, but also led to contributions of multiple drug candidates to the development pipelines of these organizations, including RepathaTM (evolocumab), a novel anti-PCSK9 antibody that lowers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.