Daniel Vapnek

Corporate Officer/Principal at

University of California, Santa Barbara

87 year

Health Technology

Consumer Services

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Dr. Daniel Vapnek is an Advisor at Iguana Healthcare Management LLC.
He was Senior Vice president for Research at Amgen from 1981-1997.
During his tenure, scientists under his direction developed Epogen and Neupogen and discovered the RANK ligand which laid the groundwork for the development of denosumab for the treatment of osteoporosis.
For the past decade, Dr. Vapnek has been an advisor to venture capital funds and involved in several startups including BioArray solutions, which was recently sold to Immucor.
He is currently on The Board of Directors of Medicinova and an Adjunct Professor of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of California Santa Barbara.
Prior to joining Amgen, he was Professor of Molecular and Population Biology at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Vapnek received his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami (Florida) and a doctorate degree from the University of Miami (Florida).

Daniel Vapnek active positions

Companies	Position	Start
University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Avigen, Inc. Avigen, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops gene therapy products	Director/Board Member	2007-03-31
Protein Pathways, Inc.	Chairman	2004-10-31
ASPIRA WOMEN'S HEALTH INC.	Director/Board Member	2001-04-30
AMGEN INC.	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	1996-12-30
University of Georgia University of Georgia Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Private companies	9
Amgen, Inc. Amgen, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers human therapeutics	Health Technology
Avigen, Inc. Avigen, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops gene therapy products	Health Technology
Aspira Women's Health, Inc. Aspira Women's Health, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops and manufactures diagnostic test kits	Health Technology
MediciNova, Inc. MediciNova, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as biopharmaceutical company, which develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of neurological and other disorders	Health Technology
BioArray Solutions Ltd. BioArray Solutions Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: OtherHealth Technology Develops and manufactures products for transfusion and transplantation medicine	Health Technology
University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Georgia University of Georgia Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Miami University of Miami Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Protein Pathways, Inc.