Joanna horobin

Biography

          Dr. Joanna C. Horobin, M.D., is a Non-Executive Director of the Company. Ms Horobin has comprehensive experience within the biopharmaceutical industry. She is currently Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and a Member of the Leadership Team at Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Cambridge, MA, USA. Ms Horobin's current role includes the development and regulatory strategy as well as the execution of the clinical trial programme for the company's pipeline of novel oligonucleotides for the treatment of rare oncology and other indications. Prior to this position, she was CMO of Verastem, Inc. and CEO of Syndax Pharmaceuticals. Additionally, Ms Horobin has held several roles of increasing responsibility at global pharmaceutical companies such as Rhône Poulenc Rorer (now Sanofi) where she led the global launch of Taxotere® (docetaxel) in breast cancer and Campto/Camptosar® (CPT11) for colorectal cancer. Ms Horobin also led a successful joint venture with Chugai to launch Granocyte® (lenograstim) and played significant leadership roles in the approvals of several successful products.    

Research Interest

Nanomedicine Design of Nanodrugs Personalized Nanomedicine Nanomaterials for drug delivery