Anthony Adamis

Anthony (Tony) Adamis joined the board of directors of Gyroscope Therapeutics in December 2021. Dr. Adamis is best known for co-discovering the central role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in ocular vascular disease, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy. He has guided the development of 20 medicines in global clinical trials involving more than 25,000 patients. These development programmes led to 24 approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) across various indications. Dr. Adamis received his medical degree with honours from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Michigan and his fellowship at Harvard. In 2000, Dr. Adamis co-founded Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, which developed and obtained FDA approval for the first anti-VEGF medicine in ophthalmology. With the introduction of anti-VEGF drugs, the rates of legal blindness from neovascular AMD and diabetic eye disease have decreased by half globally. Dr. Adamis is also on the board of directors of RD Funds, the venture arm of the Foundation Fighting Blindness.