Robert F. Johnston

Biography

 Johnston founded Johnston Associates, a venture capital firm, in 1968 to provide seed capital for start-ups emerging in the biotechnology and healthcare fields. During his career, he founded numerous public companies including Sepracor (acquired by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co), Cytogen (acquired by EUSA Pharma), I-STAT (acquired by Abbott), Genex and Envirogen (acquired by Shaw Environmental), and was instrumental in the early formation of many private companies such as Sonomed, Immunicon (acquired by J&J), PharmaStem (formerly Biocyte), Praelux (acquired by Amersham/GE) and Targent (acquired by Spectrum). Mr. Johnston served as CEO of Cytogen and Praelux (formerly SEQ).

Research Interest

 medicine