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Johnston

Non-executive Director
Non-executive Director
 Signostics...
Ireland

Biography

Dr. Johnson is the founder and Chief Scientist of Glycyx PharmaVentures Ltd. He co-founded Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLXP) and held senior leadership positions prior to its $15.8 billion acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSEA: VRX). Prior to Salix, Dr. Johnson served as Director of Scientific Operations and Chief Scientist at Scios, Inc. (Formerly, California Biotechnology, Inc). He is a Director of Atlantic Healthcare plc. In addition to his career in industry, Dr. Johnson has served as an Assistant Professor of Pathology at Stanford University Medical Center and held academic positions at Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco. He is the co-author of 75 journal articles and book chapters and is the co-inventor on 18 issued patents. Dr. Johnson holds a PhD from the University of Southern California and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.

Research Interest

SmPill® is the main focus of Sigmoid’s current development work and underpins all product development programmes. CyCol®, Sigmoid’s lead clinical development program, which is advancing into Phase 3 trials for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, was uniquely enabled using SmPill® drug delivery technology.

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