Dan Burgess
Pharmaceutical
Pulm
Ireland
Biography
Dan was founder, President and CEO of Rempex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an antibiotic company that was sold to the Medicines Company. Previously Dan was President and CEO of Mpex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company that advanced an inhaled antibiotic for cystic fibrosis patients into Phase 3 clinical trials; the drug was acquired by Aptalis, Inc. in 2011. Dan has also held senior executive positions at a number of other biotechnology companies. He served as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Santarus, Inc. for 10 years until its acquisition by Salix, Inc. in 2014 for $2.7 billion. Dan holds the following external Board seats: Nabriva Therapeutics (Chairman, NASDAQ:NBRV), Atox Bio (Chairman), Cidara Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CDTX) and Arbutus Biopharma (NASDAQ: ABUS). He is also Chairman of Biocom, the life science industry association of California that represents more than 800 member companies.
Research Interest
Pharmaceuticals
