Lawrence (larry) D. Mandt

Biography

Larry has been with Aurinia since its inception in 2012 and brings 30+ years’ experience in global regulatory affairs, in large and small companies, across a variety of therapeutic areas. During his career, he has operated at the executive level for 10+ years. Prior to Aurinia, Larry worked as an independent regulatory consultant after leaving Vifor Pharma as Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs in 2010. During his time with Vifor Pharma, he served as a member of the Leadership Team and successfully led the consolidation of the regulatory affairs function after the acquisition of Aspreva Pharmaceuticals where he was Vice President, Regulatory Affairs. He was a key contributor to the regulatory strategies, tactics and operational activities associated with the CellCept® autoimmune programs, conducted in collaboration with Roche. Before joining Aspreva in 2004, Larry was Senior Vice President, Regulatory and Quality Affairs at QLT, Inc. where he gained approval for Visudyne, the first drug ever approved for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration. Prior to QLT, Larry led the regulatory and medical affairs function for CIBA Vision Ophthalmics (which ultimately became Novartis Ophthalmics) for eight years, gaining approval of the company’s first entirely internally developed new drug, Zaditor, for the treatment of ocular allergies. Previous to his time at CIBA/Novartis, Larry worked in R&D and regulatory positions with increasing responsibilities at Bausch & Lomb Inc., eventually becoming Director, Regulatory Affairs. Highlights during his career at Bausch include launching major new OTC and Rx products and gaining approval for a new state of the art manufacturing facility. Larry began his career as a microbiologist at Merck, Sharp, and Dohme, at their vaccine facility in West Point, PA, USA.

Research Interest

Biochemistry