Jinzi J. Wu

Dr. Wu is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis, an innovative R&D-driven biotech with two commercial products that was founded in April 2013. Led by Dr. Wu, Ascletis (1672.HK) became the first pre-revenue biotech listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in August 2018 and raised US$400M. Under his leadership, Ascletis has developed a fully integrated platform covering the entire value chain from discovery and development to manufacturing and commercialization. Also under his leadership, Ganovo® (Danoprevir), Ascletis’ first direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA) for hepatitis C, was successfully launched in June 2018 and is now commercialized by the Company’s 150+ member commercial team. Dr. Wu and his team filed an NDA in August 2018 for Ravidasvir, Ascletis’ second DAA for hepatitis C with best-in-class characteristics. Ascletis has built an innovative R&D pipeline focusing on viral, cancer and fatty liver diseases and consisting of antibody-based immunotherapy, first/best-in-class small molecules and siRNA at various clinical development stages.

Dr. Wu has more than 20 years of experience covering R&D, GMP manufacturing and commercialization in big pharma and biotech. Prior to founding Ascletis, he was the Vice President at GSK R&D in the U.S. He has also held various R&D positions from Sr. Scientist to Vice President at Novartis, Immunex/Amgen and Ambrilia in USA and Canada. Dr. Wu obtained his PhD in Cancer Biology from University of Arizona.