Ehud Marom

Biography

Ehud Marom is one of our founders and has served as our chief executive officer and as chairman of our board of directors since our inception in January 2008. Mr. Marom has over 40 years of management and operational experience in the life sciences industry. Prior to our founding, Mr. Marom served in various senior positions at multinational pharmaceutical companies, including as vice president of two divisions at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from 1992 to 1995, where he launched Copaxone (with current sales of $4 billion per year) and was the head of the Copaxone global operation team and headed the global operations of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s chemical division. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Marom served as president of Peptor Ltd., where he led the pharmaceutical development of the innovative diabetes product, DiaPep. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Marom served as chief executive officer of Gamida-Cell Ltd., a stem cell development company. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Marom served as chief executive officer of Makhteshim, a company with annual sales of $1 billion and the world’s leader in branded off-patent crop protection solutions (which later became Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd. and has since been acquired by China National Agrochemical Corporation, a subsidiary of China National Chemical Corporation).

Research Interest

Research & Development