Athenex CEO and leadership

Dr. Johnson Y.N. Lau is a successful pharmaceutical executive who has had extensive leadership experience in both scientific and business management. As Chairman and CEO of Ribapharm, he launched the second largest biotech IPO in US history ($300 million). During his tenure at Ribapharm, he met or exceeded Wall Street expectations each and every quarter. Prior to Ribapharm, he served as the Head of Worldwide Research and Development for ICN Pharmaceuticals. He played a key role in raising $525 million in convertible bonds that facilitated the restructuring of ICN and the partial spin-off of Ribapharm. Dr. Lau has established an excellent working relationship with a number of prominent investment banks and has extensive experience in establishing strategic partnerships and in negotiating licensing deals including key agreements with Hoffman-La Roche, Anadys, Schering-Plough and Metabasis. Dr. Lau served as the Senior Director of Antiviral Therapy at Schering-Plough from 1997-2000 where he played a significant role in the FDA approval of Ribavirin/Interferon and Pegylated interferon alpha-2b. Dr. Lau has more than 250 scientific publications in peer reviewed scientific journals, more than 50 editorials/reviews/chapters and has edited three books. He was a Managing Director at Roth Capital Partners at its headquarters in Newport Beach, California and is also a Director of the Board of Chelsea Therapeutics (CHTP) and other privately held companies.

Experienced President with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceuticals industry. Skilled in Medical Devices, Biotechnology, Management, Leadership, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Strong operations professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Political Science and Marketing from Northern Illinois University.

Dr. Kwan has had a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry and brings to Kinex over twenty years of experience in clinical operations. Most recently, he served dual roles at Schering-Plough (SP) as Vice President and Regional Head of Asia Pacific Global Clinical Operations and Vice President of Global Clinical Development, CNS. In the clinical operations position, Dr. Kwan successfully recruited Heads of Clinical Operations for China, South East Asia, Australia, Taiwan and South Korea and set up the infrastructure to conduct global clinical trials in Asia Pacific for Schering-Plough. As Vice President of Global Clinical Development, CNS, he was responsible for the clinical development of all SP central nervous system drugs, globally. Major achievements included developing and executing a bioequivalence registration strategy for a new formulation of Temodol, for glioblastoma, which led to a simultaneous global registration. He also designed and executed multiple phase 2 development programs. Earlier at Schering-Plough, Dr. Kwan held various clinical operation positions with increasing responsibility. He held similar positions at Chiron Corporation and at Smith Kline Beecham. Dr. Kwan obtained his MD degree in Hong Kong and did subsequent training in England. He has served as Chair of the Data Monitoring and Safety Board for the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders for trials on celecoxib as an adjunct to surgery for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis. Currently, he is a member and Chair of the Data Monitoring and Safety Board and Protocol Review Board for the Clinical Trial Network of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institute of Health. He is also a member of several advisory panels and grant review panels for NIDA.

David L Cutler is a Deputy Chief Medical Ofcr:Biologics at ATHENEX, INC.. He has experience at Schering Plough Corp and has worked as VP:Clinical Development at ATHENEX, INC.. David works or has worked as FELLOW at Royal College of Physicians of Canada. He attended University of Saskatchewan.

Dr. Johnson Y.N. Lau is a successful pharmaceutical executive who has had extensive leadership experience in both scientific and business management. As Chairman and CEO of Ribapharm, he launched the second largest biotech IPO in US history ($300 million). During his tenure at Ribapharm, he met or exceeded Wall Street expectations each and every quarter. Prior to Ribapharm, he served as the Head of Worldwide Research and Development for ICN Pharmaceuticals. He played a key role in raising $525 million in convertible bonds that facilitated the restructuring of ICN and the partial spin-off of Ribapharm. Dr. Lau has established an excellent working relationship with a number of prominent investment banks and has extensive experience in establishing strategic partnerships and in negotiating licensing deals including key agreements with Hoffman-La Roche, Anadys, Schering-Plough and Metabasis. Dr. Lau served as the Senior Director of Antiviral Therapy at Schering-Plough from 1997-2000 where he played a significant role in the FDA approval of Ribavirin/Interferon and Pegylated interferon alpha-2b. Dr. Lau has more than 250 scientific publications in peer reviewed scientific journals, more than 50 editorials/reviews/chapters and has edited three books. He was a Managing Director at Roth Capital Partners at its headquarters in Newport Beach, California and is also a Director of the Board of Chelsea Therapeutics (CHTP) and other privately held companies.

Dr. Johnson Y.N. Lau is a successful pharmaceutical executive who has had extensive leadership experience in both scientific and business management. As Chairman and CEO of Ribapharm, he launched the second largest biotech IPO in US history ($300 million). During his tenure at Ribapharm, he met or exceeded Wall Street expectations each and every quarter. Prior to Ribapharm, he served as the Head of Worldwide Research and Development for ICN Pharmaceuticals. He played a key role in raising $525 million in convertible bonds that facilitated the restructuring of ICN and the partial spin-off of Ribapharm. Dr. Lau has established an excellent working relationship with a number of prominent investment banks and has extensive experience in establishing strategic partnerships and in negotiating licensing deals including key agreements with Hoffman-La Roche, Anadys, Schering-Plough and Metabasis. Dr. Lau served as the Senior Director of Antiviral Therapy at Schering-Plough from 1997-2000 where he played a significant role in the FDA approval of Ribavirin/Interferon and Pegylated interferon alpha-2b. Dr. Lau has more than 250 scientific publications in peer reviewed scientific journals, more than 50 editorials/reviews/chapters and has edited three books. He was a Managing Director at Roth Capital Partners at its headquarters in Newport Beach, California and is also a Director of the Board of Chelsea Therapeutics (CHTP) and other privately held companies.