Simon Williams
Chief Executive Officer
food and nutrition
Akeso Biomedical, Inc
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Williams has over 20 years of experience in creating, organizing, developing, licensing, financing and managing new medical and chemical technologies from early stage research through to commercially viable products. Prior to Akeso Biomedical, Dr. Williams was the President of Tepha, Inc., where he formulated a product development strategy for a new absorbable biomaterials technology that led to FDA regulatory clearance of 17 novel medical device products over 5 years. Products developed by Tepha included CR Bard’s Phasix™ hernia repair mesh, B. Braun Surgical’s MonoMax® absorbable sutures, Tornier’s Phantom Fiber™ for ligament and tendon repair, and Galatea’s GalaFLEX® mesh for plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Williams is a cofounder of the bioscience company, Metabolix (NASDAQ: MBLX), and served on the Metabolix Board of Directors from its formation in 1992 until 2006.
Research Interest
food and nutrition
