Gerald Yakatan

Gerald J.
Yakatan founded Societal CDMO San Diego LLC in 1996, where he is working as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 1996.
Dr. Yakatan also currently works at IriSys, Inc., as CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary & Director, Continent Pharmaceutical Inc., as Non-Executive Director from 2019, and GRI Operations, Inc., as Director.
Dr. Yakatan also formerly worked at Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as President & Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2005, Tanabe Research Laboratories U.S.A., Inc., as President & Chief Executive Officer from 1990 to 1995, Cobalis Corp., as Chairman from 2006 to 2009, Warner-Lambert Co., as Vice President-World Wide Product Development, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Inc., as Vice President-World Wide Product Development, and Immunetech Pharmaceuticals, as Vice President-Research & Development.
Dr. Yakatan received his undergraduate degree in 1963 from Temple University (Pennsylvania) and doctorate degree in 1971 from the University of Florida.