Ronil Patel

Ronil Patel currently serves as Senior Vice-President, Business Development and Market Strategy at Ocuphire Pharma. Mr. Patel has 15 years of experience in medical research, including biotech R&D, and pharmaceutical business development. He has been in ophthalmology since 2012 and has managed multiple clinical stage assets that resulted in FDA approval, and are currently being commercialized in the US. Mr. Patel’s global business development experience involves in-licensing clinical stage assets for development in the US. He has been part of several NewCos that raised over $25 million in funding and exit deals valued at over $300 million. Prior to 2012, Mr. Patel worked as a research scientist in drug discovery and delivery areas of oncology and infectious disease. Mr. Patel holds a Master of Science degree with specialization in Biotechnology from Florida Institute of Technology.