Ocugen, Inc. announced that the Company has established a Business Advisory Board to assist in driving public/private partnerships with governments around the world; pursuing business collaborations, partnerships, and licensing opportunities; creating awareness of the Company's differentiated capabilities; and promoting access to the Company's therapies around the world. Ocugen's Business Advisory Board members have been selected based on their extensive professional backgrounds and proven track record of creating partnerships among the public and private sector. Members include: Ambassador Joseph W. Westphal, PhD, Global Senior Fellow at the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and
International Studies at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Westphal was the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from March 2014 to January 2017. He also held the positions of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Head of the Army Corps of Engineers) from 1998 to 2000 and Acting Secretary of the Army in 2001.
Pat Toomey, U.S. Senator who represented Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2023. As a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Toomey helped to develop and pass the 2017 tax reform—the most sweeping reform in over 30 years. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999-2005. In addition to his public service, the senator has also worked in the financial services industry, trading and managing a portfolio of fixed income derivatives first for Chemical Bank and later for Morgan Grenfell.
Dennis Carey, PhD, Vice Chairman of Korn Ferry, where he recruits Board Directors, CEOs, and their direct reports. He has placed and assessed some of the most successful CEOs and directors for over 75 leading companies in the Fortune 500. Dr. Carey founded several forums for Chairmen, CEOs, and C-Suite executives. He has published seven books, his three most recent being, Talent Strategy Risk, Boards that Lead, and Talent Wins. In addition to his books, he has published over 50 refereed journal articles. Dr. Carey also teaches Corporate Governance at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. The Business Advisory Board will work alongside the Executive Leadership Team to offer guidance, perspective, and insight to enable the Company to fulfill its mission and achieve its short- and long-term strategy.
Ocugen, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing gene and cell therapies, biologics, and vaccines that improve health for patients across the globe. Its technology pipeline includes modifier gene therapy platform, regenerative medicine cell therapy platform, and biologic therapies for retinal diseases. The Company is developing its modifier gene therapy platform, inclusive of OCU400, OCU410, and OCU410ST, for the treatment of multiple inherited retinal disease (IRDs), including retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), Stargardt disease and multifactorial diseases such as dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD) and geographic atrophy (GA). It is developing an inhalation-based mucosal vaccine platform based on a novel ChAd vector, which includes OCU500, a COVID-19 vaccine; OCU510, a seasonal quadrivalent flu vaccine; and OCU520, a combination quadrivalent seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccine.
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