Samuel S. Wu
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Profil
Sam joined MedImmune Ventures in 2010 and leads our West Coast office.
He is or has been a board member of Applied Genetic Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:AGTC), Cerapedics, and VaxInnate.
Previously he was a principal with SV Life Sciences, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm he had joined in 2002, where he invested in a broad range of biopharmaceutical, platform and medical device companies.
Before moving into venture capital, he was an Engagement Manager in the Pharmaceuticals and Corporate Finance practices of McKinsey and Company, where he led teams of consultants serving clients on M&A;, portfolio analysis and other strategic issues.
Sam holds an A.B.
magna cum laude in Biochemistry from Harvard College, attended Stanford University School of Medicine where he earned an M.D.
and a Ph.D.
in Biochemistry as a Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellow, and trained in Internal Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Anciens postes connus de Samuel S. Wu
| Sociétés | Poste | Fin |
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MedImmune Ventures, Inc.
 MedImmune Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MedImmune Ventures, Inc. ( Medimmune Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Ron Laufer, Wayne Hockmeyer and David Mott . The firm is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. | Private Equity Investor | 31/12/2016 |
| APPLIED GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 31/07/2014 |
Hydra Biosciences, Inc.
 Hydra Biosciences, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Hydra Biosciences, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It is focused in major therapeutic areas, which include pain, inflammation, renal, anxiety, and pulmonary diseases. The company was founded by Laurie Bartlett Keating, Dean Y. Li, David E. Clapham, and Mark T. Keating in 2001 and is headquartered in Belmont, MA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
VaxInnate Corp.
 VaxInnate Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology VaxInnate Corp. develops novel, proprietary vaccines for infectious diseases. It engages in the development and production of vaccines for pandemic and seasonal influenza diseases. The firm's products include Flagellin.HuHA and flagellin.AvHA, which are fusion proteins linking a potent immune stimulator, the bacterial protein flagellin, with immunoprotective domain of viral hemagglutinin. The company was founded by Ruslan Medzhitov, Michael I. Sherman and Richard Flavell in 2002 and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
NKT Therapeutics, Inc.
 NKT Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology NKT Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It focuses on developing therapeutics based on unique immune cells called natural killer NKT cells. The company was founded by Alem Truneh, S. Brian Wilson, Mark Exley, Steve K. Balk, and Mark A. Tepper on November 20, 2008 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Formation de Samuel S. Wu
| Harvard College | Undergraduate Degree |
| Stanford University School of Medicine | Doctorate Degree |
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Beacon Therapeutics (USA), Inc.
 Beacon Therapeutics (USA), Inc. Pharmaceuticals: GenericHealth Technology Applied Genetic Technologies Corp. is a clinical stage biotechnology company, which engages in the usage of a gene therapy platform to develop transformational genetic therapies for patients suffering from rare and debilitating diseases. The firm also focuses on conducting clinical trials in the field of ophthalmology, optogenetics, adrenoleukodystrophy, and otology. The company was founded by Richard Jude Samulski, Nicholas Muzyczka, William W. Hauswirth, Terence R. Flotte, and Barry J. Byrne on January 19, 1999 and is headquartered in Alachua, FL. | Health Technology |
SV Health Investors LLP
 SV Health Investors LLP Investment ManagersFinance SV Health Investors LLP (SV Health Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Peter McPartland. The firm is headquartered in London. | Finance |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
NKT Therapeutics, Inc.
NKT Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology NKT Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It focuses on developing therapeutics based on unique immune cells called natural killer NKT cells. The company was founded by Alem Truneh, S. Brian Wilson, Mark Exley, Steve K. Balk, and Mark A. Tepper on November 20, 2008 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Health Technology |
VaxInnate Corp.
VaxInnate Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology VaxInnate Corp. develops novel, proprietary vaccines for infectious diseases. It engages in the development and production of vaccines for pandemic and seasonal influenza diseases. The firm's products include Flagellin.HuHA and flagellin.AvHA, which are fusion proteins linking a potent immune stimulator, the bacterial protein flagellin, with immunoprotective domain of viral hemagglutinin. The company was founded by Ruslan Medzhitov, Michael I. Sherman and Richard Flavell in 2002 and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ. | Health Technology |
Hydra Biosciences, Inc.
Hydra Biosciences, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Hydra Biosciences, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It is focused in major therapeutic areas, which include pain, inflammation, renal, anxiety, and pulmonary diseases. The company was founded by Laurie Bartlett Keating, Dean Y. Li, David E. Clapham, and Mark T. Keating in 2001 and is headquartered in Belmont, MA. | Health Technology |
MedImmune Ventures, Inc.
MedImmune Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MedImmune Ventures, Inc. ( Medimmune Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Ron Laufer, Wayne Hockmeyer and David Mott . The firm is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. | Finance |