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Franklin H.
Top served as a Director at Avidia, Inc., Beacon Therapeutics (USA), Inc., and VaxInnate Corp.
He was also a Director and Group President at MedImmune LLC from 1988 to 2012.
Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President at MedImmune Ventures, Inc. from 1988 to 2010 and SVP-Clinical & Regulatory Affairs at Praxis Biologics, Inc. in 1987.
Top received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees from Yale University.
Former positions of Franklin H. Top
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| GLYCOMIMETICS, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2016-12-31 |
MedImmune Ventures, Inc.
 MedImmune Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MedImmune Ventures, Inc. ( Medimmune Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Ron Laufer, Wayne Hockmeyer and David Mott . The firm is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. | Private Equity Investor | 2010-03-29 |
Avidia, Inc.
 Avidia, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Avidia, Inc. developed pharmaceutical products. The company developed a novel, proprietary class of small therapeutic proteins. The company was headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Director/Board Member | 2007-02-27 |
Praxis Biologics, Inc.
 Praxis Biologics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of Pfizer Inc., Praxis Biologics, Inc. manufactures vaccines and injectable biologic medicines. The company is based in Rochester, NY. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 1987-12-31 |
VaxInnate Corp.
 VaxInnate Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology VaxInnate Corp. develops novel, proprietary vaccines for infectious diseases. It engages in the development and production of vaccines for pandemic and seasonal influenza diseases. The firm's products include Flagellin.HuHA and flagellin.AvHA, which are fusion proteins linking a potent immune stimulator, the bacterial protein flagellin, with immunoprotective domain of viral hemagglutinin. The company was founded by Ruslan Medzhitov, Michael I. Sherman and Richard Flavell in 2002 and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Franklin H. Top
| Yale University | Doctorate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| GLYCOMIMETICS, INC. | Health Technology |
| Private companies | 6 |
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MedImmune LLC
 MedImmune LLC BiotechnologyHealth Technology MedImmune LLC develops medicines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as cancer and immune system disorders. It offers solutions in the areas of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines for infection, oncology, respiratory disease and inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and neuroscience. The company was founded by Wayne T. Hockmeyer in 1988 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD. | Health Technology |
MedImmune Ventures, Inc.
MedImmune Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MedImmune Ventures, Inc. ( Medimmune Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Ron Laufer, Wayne Hockmeyer and David Mott . The firm is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. | Finance |
Avidia, Inc.
Avidia, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Avidia, Inc. developed pharmaceutical products. The company developed a novel, proprietary class of small therapeutic proteins. The company was headquartered in Mountain View, CA. | Health Technology |
Beacon Therapeutics (USA), Inc.
 Beacon Therapeutics (USA), Inc. Pharmaceuticals: GenericHealth Technology Applied Genetic Technologies Corp. is a clinical stage biotechnology company, which engages in the usage of a gene therapy platform to develop transformational genetic therapies for patients suffering from rare and debilitating diseases. The firm also focuses on conducting clinical trials in the field of ophthalmology, optogenetics, adrenoleukodystrophy, and otology. The company was founded by Richard Jude Samulski, Nicholas Muzyczka, William W. Hauswirth, Terence R. Flotte, and Barry J. Byrne on January 19, 1999 and is headquartered in Alachua, FL. | Health Technology |
VaxInnate Corp.
VaxInnate Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology VaxInnate Corp. develops novel, proprietary vaccines for infectious diseases. It engages in the development and production of vaccines for pandemic and seasonal influenza diseases. The firm's products include Flagellin.HuHA and flagellin.AvHA, which are fusion proteins linking a potent immune stimulator, the bacterial protein flagellin, with immunoprotective domain of viral hemagglutinin. The company was founded by Ruslan Medzhitov, Michael I. Sherman and Richard Flavell in 2002 and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ. | Health Technology |
Praxis Biologics, Inc.
Praxis Biologics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of Pfizer Inc., Praxis Biologics, Inc. manufactures vaccines and injectable biologic medicines. The company is based in Rochester, NY. | Health Technology |
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