Thadd Vargas

Biography

Thadd Vargas has had a 25 year career in the Biotech and Specialty Pharma businesses. Currently, Thadd serves as senior vice president of Business Development at Depomed inc. where he began in 2002. At Depomed, Thadd has been instrumental in the transformation of Depomed from a small Drug Delivery startup, to a highly profitable mid-cap Specialty Pharma company. Along the way he has executed 25 out license deals, bringing in over $750M in license fees and revenue, and acquired 4 products, valued at over $1.1 billion. Prior to Depomed, Thadd held the positions of vice president, Finance, at Worldres.com, Inc., director of Finance at Kosan Biosciences, Inc., and director of Business Development, Finance, and Information Technology at Anergen, Inc. Earlier in his career, Thadd was a member of Ernst & Young¹s biotech audit practice, with clients such Cetus and Chiron. Mr. Vargas received a B.A. degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Research Interest

Business