Howard Welgus
Chief Medical Officer
pharmaceutical sciences
thesan pharma
Netherlands
Biography
Dr. Howard Welgus is a board-certified dermatologist. Most recently Dr. Welgus was the VP R&D and CMO for Nycomed U.S. (Fougera / PharmaDerm). From 1999 to 2009, Dr. Welgus served as VP R&D for both the Dermatology and Inflammation Therapeutic Areas of Warner Lambert and then Pfizer. In this capacity, he led a team of almost 200 R&D colleagues, moving ten dermatology compounds and nine arthritis compounds into clinical development and shepherded them through key proof of concept trials. Dr. Welgus received his medical, scientific and dermatology training at Washington University School of Medicine, and had served as Professor and Chief of Dermatology at both Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Welgus has published over 120 original scientific articles.
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