Leon (lianyong) Chen
Founder
pharmaceutical
Adagene
China
Biography
Dr. Chen is Founder and Managing Partner of Frontline BioVentures, boasting over 19 years of experience in the Life Sciences industry in China and the U.S. as a venture capitalist, senior management executive, entrepreneur, and scientific inventor. He is a member of the Expert Review Panel for the Chinese Central Government HR’s 1000 Talent Plan, and an adviser to BioBAY of Suzhou Industrial Park. As a venture capital investor, his current and past affiliations include Fidelity Growth Partners-Asia (Partner) and BioVeda China (Managing Partner). Representative Investments include CITIC Pharmaceutical (Director of Board, Acting CFO), Cathay Industrial Biotechnology (Director of Board), Hile Biopharma (Director of Board), Hua Medicine (Shanghai) (Director of Board), Innovent Biologics Ltd (Chairman), Adagene (Director of Board) and MDDF (Director of Board).
Research Interest
pharmaceutical