Theresa O'Keefe

Theresa leads Premas’ antibody development, including the creation of biosimilar, bio better, and novel biotherapeutic antibodies. She is also responsible for the Premas’ India source phage display library and assay. After receiving her Ph.D. at Tufts University (Boston, MA), Theresa trained at the MRC-LMB in Cambridge U.K., working with Drs. Michael Neuberger and Caesar Milstein. She has over 20 years of industry experience, working at companies including LeukoSite, Millennium Pharmaceutical, Takeda, Pfizer, and Mend Therapeutics. She is an inventor of multiple products that include Takeda’s Entyvio and 21 patents.