SynAm Vaccine
SynAm Vaccine’s mission is to eradicate pneumococcal diseases with the world’s first universal vaccine.
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Biotechnology
- Location Rockville, MD, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded October 2000
- Employees 2
- Website synamvaccine.com
Company Summary
SynAm Vaccine is a unique vaccine biotech company that was founded by President/CEO, Dr. Don Chen. Focused on eradicating pneumococcal diseases that take the lives of 1.5M infants worldwide annually, the company has developed a universal vaccine that covers all 91 bacteria serotypes, meeting a critical unmet medical need in the marketplace.
Team
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Don ChenPresident/CEODon Chen has 30 years experience in biomedical development, including basic research at the Mayo Clinic, industrial pharmaceutical research and development at CIBA‐GEIGY/Novartis, and regulation of new drugs, devices and biologics at the FDA. As a former FDA Regulatory Expert in Pharmacology/Toxicology, he has been an outside FDA Expert Consultant for ten years and is experienced in negotiations, deal‐making in the biopharmaceutical industry, an
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Carolyn ChenVice President, Business DevelopmentCarolyn Chen is an accomplished professional in pharmaceutical and health care consulting, with expertise in business development strategy and marketing. She began her career at Towers Perrin, now Towers Watson, in New York. She also worked in the Corporate Affairs Division at Pfizer with responsibility for its global infectious disease programs. She has also worked at Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders in its neglected diseases
Advisors
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Rubin & Rubin, PC (General); Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao LLP (Patent)LawyerUnconfirmed
Yorke, Burke, & Lee, CPAs P.A.AccountantUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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47 friends and family individual investorsUnconfirmed
The Chemical Company of MalaysiaUnconfirmed
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