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With experienced board and
management and world-class scientific founders and advisors, Chikujee
combines pioneering capability in the emerging field of Targeted Drug
Delivery with extensive experience in the development of novel
therapeutic agents.
Arkesh Mehta, PhD
Edmund “Morrie” Ruffin, MA
Ravi Kiron, PhD., MBA
Morrie Ruffin, MA
Mr. Ruffin is Managing partner at Adjuvant
Global Advisors.. Prior to his position at Adjuvant,
Mr. Ruffin was Chief Executive Officer of LifeTech
Innovations, a wholly owned subsidiary of LTR,
having joined the company in 2006. Prior to his
position at
LTI, Mr. Ruffin was Executive Vice President of
Capital Formation and Business Development at the
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the
largest trade organization representing the biotech
and drug development industries. Joining BIO in 1994
as one of its original employees, Mr. Ruffin was
responsible for building the organization’s global
business development and investor outreach programs
focused on helping companies raise capital and
identify strategic partnering and licensing
opportunities. This BIO business development
franchise is now the largest in the world, with
operations in the US, Europe, and Japan.
In addition to his business
development work at BIO, Mr. Ruffin was responsible
for leading the industry’s capital formation
advocacy efforts with a particular focus on economic
incentives to promote investment in early stage
biotech and med-tech businesses. He is a regular
speaker at industry events and has participated in
countless media interviews commenting on business
topics and trends in the drug development industry.
Mr. Ruffin was a founder and board member of the
Interoperable Informatics Infrastructure Consortium
(I3C), an international standards setting body for
the bioinformatics industry.
Prior to joining BIO, Mr. Ruffin worked for U.S.
Senator Arlen Specter for five years as his senior
legislative assistant. Prior to that, he spent
approximately five years working in varying
capacities, including policy analyst, at Systems
Planning Corporation International and the Center
for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Ruffin
received his MA in International Studies & Economics
from the
Johns Hopkins School
for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and his BA
from the University of Virginia.
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