Scott Minick

Biography

Scott Minick joined our Board of Directors in October 2007. From January 2010 to March 2015, Mr. Minick served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BIND Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIND), a biopharmaceutical company, or BIND. From 1998 to 2010, Mr. Minick was Managing Director of ARCH Venture Partners, or ARCH, and from 2010 to the present, he has been Venture Partner of ARCH, where he was instrumental in the startup, development and financing of numerous ARCH portfolio companies, including BIND and Chiasma. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Minick was Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEQU), a biopharmaceutical company that was acquired by ALZA Corporation. Mr. Minick was formerly an executive at Baxter International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAX) and Eli Lilly & Company (NYSE: LLY). He serves as a member of the board of directors of BIND Therapeutics, Inc. and Alzheon, Inc., and is a trustee of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Mr. Minick received his postgraduate training in neurobiology at the Salk Institute, an M.B.A. from Northwestern University, and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego. We believe Mr. Minick's extensive knowledge of Chiasma's business as a company director since October 2007 and extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and as a venture capitalist and senior executive, including President and Chief Executive Officer of a public biopharmaceutical company, qualify him to serve on our Board of Directors.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Sciences