Niranjan Sardesai

Company: Geneos Therapeutics

Job title: Chief Executive Officer

Bio:

Dr. Sardesai founded Geneos Therapeutics. Previously, he served as Sr. VP, R&D at Inovio and Chief Operating Officer where he led corporate development and product development programs in infectious diseases and cancer. Dr. Sardesai served in senior leadership positions at Fujirebio Diagnostics and IGEN. He has authored 120+ manuscripts and filed several patents. He received a M.Sc. in Chemistry from IIT, Mumbai; Ph.D. from Caltech; and MBA from The Wharton School. He was awarded fellowships at Scripps Research Institute and MIT.  Dr. Sardesai was recognized by Pharmavoice magazine as one of the 100 most inspirational leaders from the healthcare industry (2015).