Sanjay Khare Ph.D

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Biography

Dr. Sanjay Khare served as Board Member & President at Valor Biotherapeutics. Dr. Khare founded and served as President, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer at ImmunGene. He also serves as a Board Member and President at Valor Biotherapeutics. He was the Scientific Director at Amgen Inc., before joining Immungene. He joined Amgen in 1999 and led several inflammation drug discovery programs. Dr. Khare received his Ph.D. in Immunology at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. With his passion for Immunology research, Dr. Khare joined as a postdoctoral fellow in the Immunology department at the Mayo Clinic and studied humanized mouse model systems. He was the recipient of the ASHI Scholar Award in 1997. Dr. Khare coauthored more than 35 scientific papers, edited a book on TNF superfamily, and presented seminars at scientific conferences. Dr. Khare has several patents and led research teams at Amgen and his team delivered several clinical candidates. He has served as a consultant to start-up biotech companies for their R&D activities. He holds an MS in Life Sciences from KNK Institute of Life Sciences.