Nevan Charles Elam

Biography

 Mr. Elam was previously CEO of AeroSurgical Limited, a European medical device company, and prior to that, had a very successful career at Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR). He served as SVP and Head of the Pulmonary Business Unit where he managed a team of over 600 professionals and various partnerships with large pharmaceutical companies. He successfully worked with members of his scientific team at Nektar to spin out Pearl Therapeutics to focus on treatments for asthma and COPD (in 2013 Pearl Therapeutics was acquired by AstraZeneca for $1 billion). In 2008, he negotiated the sale of the pulmonary business unit at Nektar to Novartis for $200 million enterprise value.

Research Interest

 Bussiness Development