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Stephen Pollitt

Startup Investor / Biotech Consultant

Mountain View, California

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Education

Work Experience

  • President

    2010

2010 - 2014

  • Board Director

    2010 - 2014

2007 - 2010

  • Drug Development Project Management Consulting

    2007 - 2010

    Help clients develop and manage project teams working on early stage drug development projects. Assist with planning of scope, timing and resources to reach critical milestones. Strategic assessment of risk and risk mitigation planning. Scientific assessment of drug target, disease indication, pharmacology and toxicology data. Clients have ranged from virtual start ups to public companies.

  • Director/Project Team Leader

    2003 - 2007

    Project Team Leader for early stage biologic transitioning into the clinic with overall responsibility for establishment of project strategy and leadership of Compound Development Team in the area of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

  • Staff Scientist/Assoc Director

    1990 - 2003

    Research project leader for small molecule drug discovery projects. Served on team charged with evaluation of new drug targets based on scientific rationale, clinical and regulatory feasibility, market size and portfolio considerations. Head of protein expression/protein chemistry laboratory. Responsible for development of cell lines for manufacturing of recombinant proteins for clinical testing as well as testing of small molecule drug candidates.

  • Scientist

    1989 - 1990

    Founded and led team responsible for engineering of host cell lines for recombinant production of biologics destined for clinical testing.