David J. Mazzo

Biography

David J. Mazzo was appointed as Caladrius' Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board on January 5, 2015. In addition, Dr. Mazzo was appointed as President of the Company in March 2017. Dr. Mazzo brings to the Company over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining Caladrius, Dr. Mazzo served from August 2008 to October 2014 as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Regado Biosciences, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical company. Prior to his leading Regado, from March 2007 to April 2008, Dr. Mazzo was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Æterna Zentaris, Inc., a publicly held international biopharmaceutical company. From 2003 until 2007, Dr. Mazzo served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Chugai Pharma USA, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company which was the U.S. subsidiary of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. of Japan. Dr. Mazzo has also held senior management and executive positions in research and development and was a director of the Essex Chimie European subsidiary at Schering-Plough Corporation. He also previously served on the Board of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company which was sold to Otsuka Holdings in 2015. He currently serves on the board of directors of pSivida Corp., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company, in the role of non-executive chairman.  

Research Interest

Clinical stage development company, cell therapy products, targeting autoimmune and select cardiology indications, polyclonal T regulatory cell therapy, type 1 diabetes