Stewart M. Brown

Mr. Brown, a registered patent attorney, joined Viracta in February 2022 as Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs & General Counsel. Previously, Mr. Brown served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Evofem Biosciences, Inc. (EVFM). Mr. Brown has deep experience meeting the challenges facing clinical and commercial-stage life science companies, including patent portfolio development (through R&D and acquisition), equity and debt financing, clinical trial design and execution as well as all aspects of commercial operations. He began his legal career in San Diego at DLA Piper (and its predecessor firm) where he served for fourteen years (the last six as Partner) in the Intellectual Property and Technology group. Mr. Brown received his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University and law degree at the University of Virginia School of Law.