Leadership

FREDRIC PRICE

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder & Investor

  • Previously CEO of BioMarin, Chiasma (that developed oral octreotide), Bioblast, and Applied Microbiology
  • Previously Chairman of Aummune, BioMarin, Bioblast, Chiasma, Omrix, Zymenex, & Peptimmune
  • Served the boards of Enobia Pharma and Pharmasset
  • Led drug development efforts that resulted in six drug approvals, including Chiasma’a oral octreotide; board member of other companies that received two additional approvals
  • Earlier experience: CFO of Regeneron, the founder of the strategy consulting firm RxFDP, and VP of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
  • Co-inventor of 18 issued US patents
  • BA from Dartmouth College, and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Co-Founder of Sedor Pharmaceuticals (successful exit), holds C-level positions in BioMed Valley Discoveries, Pax Neuroscience
  • Advisor in Life Sciences to Marathon Asset Management 
  • Founder of Frankel Group LLC, a global life science strategy consulting firm (successful exit to Huron Consulting/Oliver Wyman)
  • Partner and President of SJ Weinstein Associates Inc., a healthcare advertising and marketing strategy firm (successful exit to Bates Healthcare) 
  • Senior management positions at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in business planning, and marketing management
  • Senior Research Officer for Citibank Investment Management Group responsible for equity investment recommendations in the life sciences 
  • BS in Engineering from Rutgers University, and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

BARRY FRANKEL

Chief Business Officer
& Co-founder & Investor

  • Board-Certified Pediatrician and Neurologist with Special Qualification in Pediatric Neurology
  • Leadership positions at Astra-Zeneca, Neurobiologic Technologies, Alexion, Bioblast, NeuroTrauma, Seelos, as Senior Director, VP of Neurology, CMO and Head of R&D
  • Biochemist for 2 years prior to attending medical school
  • Twenty-two years of clinical experience in Child Neurology and twenty years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Chair of Pediatrics, Chair of the Board of Directors for a pediatric rehabilitation facility, Global Medical Lead for several clinical programs
  • Chief Medical Officer, and as Executive Vice President of Clinical Development and Head of Research and Development
  • Extensive expertise in clinical trial design; three such studies resulted in regulatory approvals; designed six clinical trials for orphan indications
  • BA from Rutgers University, MS from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, and MD from State University of New York, Buffalo

WARREN WASIEWSKI
MD, FAAP

Chief Medical
& Scientific Officer