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Rivka Sherman-Gold

 
Member - Medical, Member - Scientific Advisory Board - Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp.
 
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Company Name : Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp.
 
Company Website : www.raptorpharma.com
 
Company Address : 9 Commercial Blvd.
Ste. 200, Novato, CA,
United States,
 
Rivka Sherman-Gold Profile :
Member - Medical, Member - Scientific Advisory Board - Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp.
 
Rivka Sherman-Gold Biography :

Dr. Sherman-Gold is Senior Business Development and Corporate Strategy Advisor to Raptor. Dr. Sherman-Gold, founder and managing director of Yodan Ventures, is a Life Sciences industry investor-entrepreneur and advisor with expertise in early-stage companies in the areas of therapeutics, diagnostics, instrumentations, and medical devices. Her over 20 years of experience in the Biotech/Life Sciences industry include research and development, business strategy and business development, financing strategy, raising capital, executive-level management, and serving on boards of directors and advisory boards.

Dr. Sherman-Gold's has served as: Chief Business Officer (from 2002 to 2004) of Diatos, a French biotechnology company focusing on cancer therapeutics, where she spearheaded the company's evolution into a product development company by establishing partnerships for Diatos's technology and creating a clinical product pipeline; President and Chief Executive Officer (from 2001 to 2002) of Alydar Pharmaceuticals, a seed-stage company developing small-molecule therapeutics for treating cancer and cardiovascular diseases; Director of Business Development (from 1996 to 2001) at Abgenix, a leading antibody company (acquired by Amgen), where Dr. Sherman-Gold played a key role in the growth and success of the company by initiating, negotiating, and managing multiple licensing partnerships with major pharmaceutical and biotech companies (including Pfizer, Amgen, Schering-Plough, SmithKline Beecham, Centocor, J&J, Elan, Millennium), generating hundreds of million dollars in revenues; Associate Director of Business Development (from 1993 to 1996) at Athena Neurosciences (acquired by Elan), where she initiated and spearheaded the creation of a strategic alliance between Athena and Elan and in-licensing therapeutic products.

Dr. Sherman-Gold holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry (with distinction) and M.Sc. in Biophysics and Physiology, both from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Ph.D. in Life Sciences from The Weizmann Institute of Science, and an M.B.A. from California State University, San Jose (SJSU). She was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine.

 
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