Mr. Daniel M. Bradbury

Biography

Dan Bradbury is a Life Sciences Executive with over 30 years of experience creating and implementing strategies that transform businesses, bring novel medicines to market and maximize shareholder value.  He is the Managing Member of BioBrit, LLC, a Life Sciences Consulting and Investment Firm. Dan is the former President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, CA, focused on metabolic diseases. During his 18-year tenure at Amylin, the company launched three first-in-class medicines, including the first once-a-week therapy to treat diabetes and was listed on the Nasdaq 100.  He served as Amylin’s Chief Executive Officer from March 2007 until its acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company for $7 billion in August 2012. Before joining Amylin, Dan worked in marketing and sales roles for ten years at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals.  He serves on the board of directors of Biocon Limited (NSE: BIOCON), BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR), Corcept Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CORT), Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN), Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), Syngene International Limited (NSE: SYNGENE), Castle Biosciences, Inc. (Private), DiaVacs, Inc. (Private), Freedom Meditech, Inc. (Private), Liquid Grids, Inc. (Private), Microdermis, Inc. (Private), Profil Institute for Clinical Research, Inc. (Private), Renova Therapeutics (Private), Sensulin, Inc. (Private) and Troia Therapeutics, Inc. (Private). He also serves on the board of the Riecken Community Libraries, the board of trustees of the Keck Graduate Institute, the Investor Growth Capital Advisory Board, the BioMed Ventures Advisory Committee and the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management's Advisory Council.  

Research Interest

Biocon's major areas of research now include cancer, diabetes, and other auto-immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. Because of the high percentage of people in India who chew betel or tobacco, India accounts for eighty-six per cent of oral cancer in the world, known locally as "cancer cheek". Diabetes is prevalent, and people who do not wear shoes are at risk to have a minor scrape or injury develop into gangrene, or "diabetes foot".Biocon is also working on drugs to treat psoriasis, a skin pigment disease which can result in social ostracization.