Xiao-Ping Dai

Dr. Xiao-Ping Dai is Chief Technical Officer of Iveric Bio, responsible for manufacturing and CMC development of the product pipeline. She joined the company in 2019.

Dr. Dai has more than 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, specialized in product and process development and manufacturing. She has successfully developed processes and managed overall CMC development for more than 30 different biological products including monoclonal antibodies, fusion proteins, pegylated proteins, ADCs, multi-specific antibodies and vaccines, from preclinical development through commercialization, including Opdivo and Yervoy. Dr. Dai has a proven track record of internal and external development, with CDMOs/CMOs, managing multiple partnerships and collaborations, technology transfers, scale-ups, process performance qualifications (PPQ) and regulatory filings.

Prior to joining Iveric Bio, Dr. Dai was Chief Technologist and VP of Process and Technology Development at WuXi Advanced Therapy, a CDMO where she built and led an organization engaged in process and technology platform development, serving cell and gene therapy clients. Prior to joining WuXi, Dr. Dai was Sr. Director of Biologics Development and Manufacturing at Celgene Corporation, where she built and led a strong technical team and successfully delivered on multiple internal and external programs. Prior to Celgene, Dr. Dai had over 13 years of effective functional and cross-functional leadership and technical experience in Biologics Development at BMS, Medarex and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and before that at NJIT, where she received her PhD in Chemical Engineering.