Kristen Albright

Kristen Albright joined Prokarium in 2018 and oversees the operations and business development activities across the organisation. She led Prokarium’s lead vaccine programme, Entervax, into the clinic through successfully securing funding from the Wellcome Trust. Prior to joining Prokarium, Kristen was a Life Science Investor at Osage University Partners, a Philadelphia-based venture capital fund focused on academic spinouts from leading research universities. At Osage, Kristen completed multiple deals in the immunology, oncology and rare disease spaces ranging from target validation to clinical-stage companies. Earlier in her career, Kristen worked within Business Development at multiple mid-size companies including Emergent BioSolutions and Cangene Corporation, where she specialized in forecasting, asset licensing and M&A. In the latter she was involved in the acquisition, integration and regulatory approval of a haemophilia programme. Kristen earned her Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and is a licensed pharmacist. She also holds an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University.