Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited announced the appointment of Dr. Angus Grant, Ph.D., as EVP, Business Development. Dr. Grant will begin his employment on August 1, 2023, and will be based out of Teva's US headquarters in Parsippany, NJ. Dr. Grant joins Teva with over 25 years of experience in the global pharmaceutical and biotech industry, with an exceptional track record across a variety of fields including Business Development, R&D and Regulatory Affairs.

Most recently, Dr. Grant served as the Chief Business Executive at BeiGene, overseeing business development, clinical and business insights and valuation, investments and collaborations, and alliance management. Before his tenure at BeiGene, Dr. Grant served as CEO of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), a specialist venture capital fund focused on therapeutics for age-related dementias and neurodegenerative disease. Earlier in his career, Dr. Grant spent 12 years at Celgene, serving in various leadership roles including Corporate Vice President of Business Development, and Vice President, Regulatory Affairs.

Angus has held executive leadership positions at BeiGene, a global, commercial-stage biotechnology company, where he led Strategy and Partnering. Angus also served as CEO of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), a specialist venture capital fund focused on therapeutics for age-related dementias and neurodegenerative disease and in senior leadership positions at Celgene. Earlier in his career, Dr. Grant worked in business development and regulatory roles at Novartis, Merck KGaA, Rhone Poulanc-Rohrer, SmithKline Beecham.

After completing his PhD in Anatomy/Immunology, Angus joined a clinical laboratory within the NIH prior to joining the FDA where he focused on cell and gene therapy IND processing. In 2006, Angus joined Celgene and held various leadership over his 12 years, including Corporate VP Business Development. Angus led deals ranging from R&D and commercialization collaborations to early equity investments, supply collaborations, M&A such as $9B Juno acquisition in 2018, and licensing both globally and regionally.

Angus departed Celgene to serve as CEO of Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), inspired by their mission to invest in and build the early-stage biotech companies most likely to develop transformative treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, to the benefit of the millions of people suffering from this health crisis of the 21st century that has longed lacked effective treatments. Dr. Grant received his undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond and a Ph.D. in anatomy and immunology from the Medical College of Virginia, and he completed his postdoctoral training at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Grant currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for Toronto Innovation and Acceleration Partners.

He is a published scientist, co-authoring more than 15 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.