Ivor Royston

Chief Executive Officer at

Viracta Subsidiary, Inc.

81 year

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Ivor Royston was the founder of Hybritech, Inc. (1978), IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp.
(1986), IDEC Corp.
(United States) (1986), and Forward Ventures Services LLC (1993) with the title of Managing Member at Forward Ventures Services LLC.
Dr. Royston is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Viracta Subsidiary, Inc. and the Director at CONNECT.
Former positions include President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (1990-2000), Chairman at Morphotek, Inc., Chairman at TargeGen, Inc., Director at Corautus Genetics, Inc., Director at CancerVax Corp., Director at Favrille, Inc. (2000-2009), Independent Director at Biocept, Inc. (2011-2023), Director at MyMedicalRecords, Inc., Independent Director at Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2013-2017), Director at Viropro, Inc., Director at Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Director at Amgen Rockville, Inc., Director at LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2006-2010), Director-Clinical Immunology at San Diego Cancer Center, Director at HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Director at Altair Therapeutics, Inc., Independent Director at MMRGlobal, Inc. (2013-2016), Director-Clinical Immunology at the University of California, Director at The Life Sciences Foundation, Director at Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. (2022-2025), and Member at the University of California San Diego (1978-1990).
Education includes undergraduate and doctorate degrees from The Johns Hopkins University (1967, 1970).

Ivor Royston active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Viracta Subsidiary, Inc. Viracta Subsidiary, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops proprietary viral gene activation therapy to address cancers associated with the epstein-barr virus	Chief Executive Officer	2014-12-31
CONNECT CONNECT Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Offers education, networking and recognitions services	Director/Board Member	-

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Companies	Position	End
VIRACTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.	Chief Executive Officer	2022-09-18
BIOCEPT, INC.	Director/Board Member	2023-10-12
SYNDAX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	Director/Board Member	2017-02-28
MMRGLOBAL, INC.	Director/Board Member	2016-08-10
Altair Therapeutics, Inc. Altair Therapeutics, Inc. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Discovers, develops and commercializes antisense drugs	Director/Board Member	2011-03-08

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Corautus Genetics, Inc. Corautus Genetics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops gene therapy pharmaceutical products	Health Technology
Viropro, Inc. Viropro, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a biopharmaceutical company	Health Technology
Hybritech, Inc. Hybritech, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides prostate diagnostic testing services	Commercial Services
CancerVax Corp. CancerVax Corp. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Researches and develops products for the prevention, treatment, and control of cancer	Commercial Services
Favrille, Inc. Favrille, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Researches, develops and commercializes targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and diseases of the immune system	Health Technology
Morphotek, Inc. Morphotek, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops oncology therapies	Health Technology
Biocept, Inc. Biocept, Inc. Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Develops and performs clinical laboratory tests to detection & analysis of tumor cells and cell-free DNA from cerebrospinal fluid	Health Services
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops oncology therapeutics for treatment of solid and hematologic cancers	Health Technology
TargeGen, Inc. TargeGen, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Manufactures vascular biopharmaceutical products	Health Technology
MyMedicalRecords, Inc. MyMedicalRecords, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services Provides web-based personal health record and vital document storage solutions	Commercial Services
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company	Health Technology
IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp. IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Discovers, develops and commercializes targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases	Health Technology
The Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of California San Diego University of California San Diego Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops therapeutics products	Health Technology
Forward Ventures Services LLC Forward Ventures Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance Forward Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets operating in the fields on life sciences and bio pharmaceuticals sectors. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.	Finance
Amgen Rockville, Inc. Amgen Rockville, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops therapeutics for cancer	Health Technology
LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc. LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Developed vaccines and monoclonal antibody therapeutics	Health Technology
San Diego Cancer Center San Diego Cancer Center Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as cancer research institute	Commercial Services
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Medical/Nursing ServicesHealth Services Provides medical research services	Health Services
HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops small molecule therapeutics	Health Technology
CONNECT CONNECT Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Offers education, networking and recognitions services	Commercial Services
Altair Therapeutics, Inc. Altair Therapeutics, Inc. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Discovers, develops and commercializes antisense drugs	Distribution Services
La Jolla Playhouse, Inc. La Jolla Playhouse, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides educational opportunities	Commercial Services
MMRGlobal, Inc. MMRGlobal, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides electronic document management and online personal health record and storage solutions	Technology Services
IDEC Corp. (United States) IDEC Corp. (United States) Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Manufactures and distributes control equipment and related products	Producer Manufacturing
University of California University of California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
The Life Sciences Foundation The Life Sciences Foundation Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Engages in education and biotechnology information dissemination	Commercial Services
Viracta Subsidiary, Inc. Viracta Subsidiary, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops proprietary viral gene activation therapy to address cancers associated with the epstein-barr virus	Health Technology
Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops drugs for virus-associated cancers	Health Technology