Jeffrey Dayno

Biography

Dr. Jeffrey Dayno joined Egalet as our chief medical officer in July 2014. He spent ten years in clinical and academic medicine before moving into the pharmaceutical industry. He served as vice president, global medical affairs at ViroPharma, Inc., from August 2011 to May 2014. Prior to joining ViroPharma, Dr. Dayno was the chief medical officer at Labopharm, Inc., a drug delivery technology company based in Montreal, Canada, where he first started working in the field of abuse-deterrent opioid product development. Before Labopharm, he was vice president of medical affairs at Cephalon, Inc., from 2005 to 2010. Dr. Dayno started his career in the pharmaceutical industry in 1998 at Merck & Co., Inc., where he spent 7 years in positions of increasing responsibility in the medical and scientific affairs division. Before moving into leadership roles in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, he held a number of clinical appointments, including assistant professor of neurology, Jefferson Medical College, and medical director of the Jefferson Health System Stroke Center Network. Dr. Dayno earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine, completed a fellowship in stroke and cerebrovascular disorders in the Department of Neurology at Henry Ford Hospital, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Research Center for stroke and headache, and was board certified in neurology. Dr. Dayno is currently a member of the Board of Visitors of Temple University School of Medicine and was a former chairman of the Philadelphia Stroke Council. 

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Sciences