Peter Finan

Peter Finan

Managing Partner atEpidarex CapitalBethesda, MD

Peter Finan has over 22 years of experience in pharmaceutical drug discovery, holding leadership roles at Novartis and other firms. He currently serves as Managing Partner at Epidarex Capital and sits on multiple biotech boards.

What Peter can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atSeed, Series AMostly follows a lead
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Career

  1. Cancer Research UK
  2. Yamanouchi Research Institute
  3. Karus Therapeutics · Head of Biology
  4. Novartis · Executive Director of the Novartis Developmental and Molecular Pathways Platform
  5. Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research · Global Head of the Respiratory Disease Area and Site Head
  6. Epidarex Capital · Managing Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

Enterprise Therapeutics LtdLeucid Bio LtdCurve TherapeuticsLunac TherapeuticsRinn TherapeuticsEpsilogen LtdLario Therapeutics LtdNodthera LtdTopas Therapeutics GmbH

Focus

drug discoveryrespiratoryoncologyneuroscienceregenerative medicinelife sciences

Education

University of Leeds, B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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Who is Peter Finan?

Peter Finan has over 22 years of experience in pharmaceutical drug discovery, holding leadership roles at Novartis and other firms. He currently serves as Managing Partner at Epidarex Capital and sits on multiple biotech boards.

How much does Peter Finan invest?

Epidarex Capital has not reported a check size. It invests at seed, series a.

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What did Peter Finan do before Epidarex Capital?

Cancer Research UK; Yamanouchi Research Institute; Head of Biology at Karus Therapeutics; Executive Director of the Novartis Developmental and Molecular Pathways Platform at Novartis; Global Head of the Respiratory Disease Area and Site Head at Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research.

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