Armando Anido

Biography

Armando Anido has served as chairman of our board of directors and as our chief executive officer since October 2014. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Anido served as our business consultant from May 2014 to October 2014. Mr. Anido has more than 30 years of executive, operational and commercial leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Anido served as chief executive officer and as a director of NuPathe, Inc., or NuPathe, a publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company, from July 2012 through March 2014, during which time he led the company through FDA approval of its lead product, Zecuity, a transdermal patch for migraines. Prior to joining NuPathe, Mr. Anido served as chief executive officer and president and as a director of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Auxilium, a specialty pharmaceutical company, from July 2006 through December 2011, where he led the company through FDA approval and commercialization of its lead product, Testim, a testosterone gel. Mr. Anido served as a director of Respira Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from May 2012 through September 2014 and as a director of Adolor Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, from September 2003 through December 2011. Mr. Anido was retired from January 2012 through June 2012. Mr. Anido holds a B.S. in Pharmacy and an MBA, both from West Virginia University. With more than 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Anido brings valuable executive, operational and commercial expertise to our board of directors. 

Research Interest

At Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, we are dedicated to developing next-generation synthetic cannabinoid therapeutics for transdermal delivery for patients with high unmet medical needs.