Jimmy Chang – Chairman & CEO, TaiMed Biologics
With over two decades of global pharmaceutical experience at Eli Lilly and Allergan, Dr Jimmy Chang returned to Taiwan to lead TaiMed Biologics, Taiwan’s first biotech to successfully commercialise a…
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Web: http://www.taimedbiologics.com/
TaiMed Biologics was formed on September 4, 2007 to realize the vision of creating a world-class, innovation-based biotechnology company that will satisfy the unmet medical needs of patients around the world.
The company signed an agreement with Genentech for the licensing of Ibalizumab shortly after its formation. This drug candidate, also known as TMB-355, is a proprietary humanized anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. A phase-2b clinical trial is currently underway and the coma expect the trial to be completed in Q1 2011.
With over two decades of global pharmaceutical experience at Eli Lilly and Allergan, Dr Jimmy Chang returned to Taiwan to lead TaiMed Biologics, Taiwan’s first biotech to successfully commercialise a…
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