Eric S. Lander

Founder at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

67 year

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Eric S.
Lander is the founder of Foundation Medicine, Inc. (2009), Verastem, Inc. (2010), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990), Infinity Discovery, Inc. (2001), The Broad Institute, Inc. (2003), BioNTech US, Inc. (2013), and Codiak BioSciences, Inc. (2015).
He holds the title of Professor-Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to present.
Dr. Lander's current jobs include Director at The Innocence Project and Professor-System Biology at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Lander's former jobs include Director at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1993-2007), Independent Director at Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2011-2016), Director at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (1986-2010), and Strategic Advisor at The Courtagen Group LLC.
Dr. Lander received a doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 1981 and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University.

Eric S. Lander active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Founder	1989-12-31
Harvard Medical School	Corporate Officer/Principal	2003-12-31
The Innocence Project	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Eric S. Lander

Companies	Position	End
CODIAK BIOSCIENCES	Founder	2021-01-24
NEON THERAPEUTICS, INC.	Founder	2020-05-05
INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	Director/Board Member	2016-10-31
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Director/Board Member	2007-05-09
Infinity Discovery, Inc.	Founder	2006-09-11

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Training of Eric S. Lander

University of Oxford	Doctorate Degree
Princeton University	Undergraduate Degree

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Listed companies	2
INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	Health Technology
VERASTEM, INC.	Health Technology

Private companies	9
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Health Technology
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research provides research and technology services. Its services include biomedical, genomics, and genetics for students. The company was founded by Edwin C. Whitehead in 1982 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Commercial Services
Infinity Discovery, Inc.
The Broad Institute, Inc. The Broad Institute, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology The Broad Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development in biomedicals to cure infectious disease. Its scientific areas include chemical biology and therapeutics, genome regulation, cellular circuity and epigenomics, medical and population genetics, and metabolism. The company was founded by Eric S. Lander, Eli Broad and Edythe Broad in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Health Technology
Foundation Medicine, Inc. Foundation Medicine, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Foundation Medicine, Inc. is a molecular information company, which engages in the provision of information on clinical treatment decisions for patients with cancer. The company was founded on January 10, 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Health Services
The Courtagen Group LLC The Courtagen Group LLC Investment ManagersFinance Courtagen Group LLC is a venture capital firm located in Charlestown, Massachusetts.	Finance
The Innocence Project
BioNTech US, Inc. BioNTech US, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology BioNTech US, Inc. develops novel therapeutics leveraging neoantigen biology to treat cancer. It offers NEO-PV-01, a personalized neoantigen vaccine that builds upon initial clinical trials. The company was founded by James P. Allison, Edward J. Fritsch, Nir Hacohen, Eric S. Lander, Robert Schreiber, Ton Schumacher and Catherine Wu on October 21, 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Health Technology
Codiak BioSciences, Inc. Codiak BioSciences, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Codiak BioSciences, Inc. engages in the development and manufacturing of exosomes. It engages in harnessing exosomes, therapeutic applications, diagnostic applications, and proprietary production. The firm develops engEx Platform, a proprietary and versatile exosome engineering and manufacturing platform, to expand upon the innate properties of exosomes to design novel exosome therapeutics. Codiak BioSciences was founded by Douglas E. William, Raghu Kalluri, and Eric S. Lander in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.	Health Technology