Micron Biomedical Inc.
Micron is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company on a rapid path to bring drugs and vaccines to market using its proprietary microneedle patch technology
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Biotechnology
- Location Atlanta, GA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded August 2014
- Employees 8
- Website micronbiomedical.com
Company Summary
Micron Biomedical, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company on a rapid path to bring drugs and vaccines to market using its proprietary microneedle patch technology that simplifies and improves the way actives are delivered to patients. This technology is designed to increase patient access to drugs/vaccines that would otherwise require expert injection and to improve safety and efficacy by skin targeting.
Team
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Chief Business Development OfficerMr. Singh has 25+ years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in commercial, executive, and business development leadership at GlaxoSmithKline, Forest Laboratories (now Allergan), and Johnson and Johnson. He has led five billion-dollar franchises and is a successful entrepreneur in the Healthcare, Banking, and Electronic Health Records industries.
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Mark Prausnitz, PhDChief Scientific Officer, acting Chief Executive Officer, co-founderDr. Prausnitz has 20+ years of microneedle research and development experience. He is Regent’s Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech and is the worldwide academic leader in microneedle research. Dr. Prausnitz is also the co-founder of Clearside Biomedical, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical developing therapies to treat chronic, blinding disease of the eye.
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Devin McAllister, PhDVice President, Research & Development, co-founderDr. McAllister has 18 years of experience developing medical devices and dosage forms including microneedle patch technologies. He is the former technical head of Valeritas’ microneedle patch development program. Dr. McAllister is also a co-inventor of V-Go, the first insulin pump marketed to the large Type 2 diabetes market.
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Sebastien Henry, MS, MBAVP, Program Management, co-founderMr. Henry has 15 years of product development and project management experience in the microneedle and medical device fields. He held overall product development responsibilities at Porex Surgical, now owned by Stryker, and has 10+ years of experience working on the microneedle patch technology at Georgia Tech.
Advisors
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