Schalon Newton

Dr. Newton has more than 30 years of experience in business development, marketing, and strategy in the ophthalmic pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. He has served as Vice President, Strategic Marketing & Business Development at Santen Inc., the market-leading Japanese ophthalmic company, where he was responsible for developing a re-entry strategy for the U.S. market. Dr. Newton has also held senior management roles in finance, strategy, sales and marketing, and business development at Allergan Pharmaceuticals in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, where he was the president of the Japanese subsidiary. Prior to joining Trefoil, he served as an independent advisor on strategic initiatives to a number of early-stage ophthalmic biopharma and medical device

companies. Schalon holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge, an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and a doctorate in management from Case Western Reserve University.