In this episode, Ayesha spoke with Judy Chou, PhD, CEO, President and Board member of AltruBio, a company developing first-in-class immunomodulators to target diseases of the immune system.
AltruBio’s pipeline includes compounds being investigated for indications such as ulcerative colitis, psoriatic arthritis and acute graft vs. host disease.
Prior to joining AltruBio, Dr. Chou headed the global Biotech organization at Bayer Pharmaceuticals overseeing the development, manufacturing and distribution of Bayer’s biotechnology pipeline, product portfolio & more than 2,000 employees.
Before Bayer, Dr. Chou held various leadership roles at biopharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer/Medivation, Tanvex Biopharma, Genentech, Pfizer (Wyeth) and AbbVie (Abbott).
Dr. Chou has extensive experience in biologics development with multiple filings of BLAs, NDAs and INDs of novel products. She is well recognized by the biomedical industry for her leadership and received the Most Influential Women in Business Award in 2018 by San Francisco Business Times.
Currently, Dr. Chou also serves as the Board of Directors of Akero Therapeutics, the California Institute of Regenerative Medicines (CIRM); and the Advisory Board members of UC Berkeley Engineering School and Silicon Valley Women in Engineering. Before joining the industry, Dr. Chou was a research faculty member at Harvard University Medical School.
Dr. Chou obtained her PhD from Yale University and completed her post-doctoral training at Max-Planck Institute in Germany.
Tune into the episode to learn about AltruBio’s innovative solutions targeting diseases of inflammation.
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