Dr. Declan Doogan joined the Board in February 2021. He has over 30 years of industry experience in both major pharma and biotech. He was the Senior Vice President and Head of Worldwide Development at Pfizer, where many multibillion dollar programs were delivered (e.g., Viagra, Lipitor and Zoloft). He has held a number of executive positions in Pfizer in the U.S., the U.K. and Japan. Since leaving Pfizer in 2007 he has been engaged in executive roles in small pharma. Declan was CMO and acting CEO of Amarin (AMRN: Nasdaq), transforming it from a failing neuroscience company to a vibrant cardiovascular company with a market capitalization of over one billion dollars before his departure. He has also been Chief Medical Officer for Prometheus Laboratories, a molecular diagnostics company in San Diego. Since November 2019, Dr. Doogan has served as co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Juvenescence Ltd., a life sciences company developing therapies to modify aging and increase healthy human lifespan. From June 2013 to May 2019, Dr. Doogan served as Chief Executive Officer of Portage Biotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRTG), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, where he currently remains a director. Declan is also an investor in emerging biotechnology and technology companies, and is a partner at Mediqventures Ltd., a biotech merchant bank and investment firm. Dr. Doogan currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Apterna Ltd. and Causeway Therapeutics Ltd. Dr. Doogan previously served as chairman of the board of directors of Biohaven Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: BHVN) and a member of the boards of directors of Intensity Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTS), Sosei Group Corporation (TSE: 4565), Kleo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Celleron Therapeutics Ltd. He has also held professorships positions at Harvard School of Public Health, Glasgow University Medical School and Kitasato University (Tokyo). Declan received his medical degree from Glasgow University in 1975. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Faculty Pharmaceutical Medicine and holds a Doctorate of Science at the University of Kent in the U.K.
