{"id":13588,"date":"2023-11-09T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/molecular-and-structural-biochemistry\/?post_type=person&p=13588"},"modified":"2024-01-08T18:35:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T23:35:10","slug":"13588","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/molecular-and-structural-biochemistry\/people\/13588\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Luther"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last two years, <\/span>Dr. Michael Luther<\/span> has <\/span>led North American Business Development<\/span> efforts<\/span> for Astellas as<\/span> Global<\/span> Head of <\/span>Search & Evaluation<\/span> in Business Development<\/span> and Head of <\/span>Astellas Ventures <\/span>to <\/span>drive deals and investments <\/span>that<\/span> support Astellas<\/span>\u2019<\/span> drug discovery and development efforts from emerging start-ups to <\/span>acquisition of <\/span>late-stage<\/span> clinical assets.<\/span> This includes over 9 deals including <\/span>2 <\/span>N<\/span>ewCo spinouts<\/span> in less than two years<\/span>. <\/span>Mike <\/span>has <\/span>over 3<\/span>5<\/span> years\u2019 experience as an<\/span>entrepreneurial scientist and<\/span> executive <\/span>in<\/span> the<\/span> biopharmaceutical industry<\/span> including <\/span>various <\/span>senior leadership<\/span> roles <\/span>ranging from<\/span> biotech start-u<\/span>ps <\/span>to <\/span>global <\/span>pharmaceutical <\/span>companies<\/span> and CROs<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before joining Astellas, <\/span>Mi<\/span>ke<\/span> was <\/span>the CEO <\/span>and founder of<\/span> Bantam Pharmaceutical<\/span>,<\/span> a biotech<\/span>company focus<\/span>ed<\/span> on the <\/span>clinical development of cancer<\/span> therapeutics <\/span>targeting the<\/span> mitochondrial <\/span>stress response <\/span>pathway and target<\/span>s<\/span>. \u00a0<\/span>He <\/span>remains an<\/span> active<\/span> advisor and <\/span>member of the <\/span>board of director<\/span>s<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In past roles, <\/span>Mi<\/span>ke<\/span> was<\/span> the Senior Vice President for <\/span>Drug Discovery & Development at<\/span> Curio and<\/span>f<\/span>ounding<\/span> CEO <\/span>for<\/span> the <\/span>David H. Murdock Research Institute at the <\/span>North Carolina Research Campus<\/span>, a public-private partnership to accelerate bench to market activities in life sciences<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mike <\/span>also <\/span>has <\/span>over<\/span> 20<\/span> years in <\/span>senior <\/span>executive <\/span>roles in the global pharmaceutical industry including<\/span>Vice President<\/span> and <\/span>head of <\/span>global <\/span>drug discovery divisions <\/span>for<\/span> both <\/span>Merck and GSK. \u00a0<\/span>A<\/span>t GSK<\/span>, he led<\/span> multiple<\/span> discovery teams<\/span> that resulted in the<\/span> successful<\/span> launch of <\/span>4<\/span> n<\/span>ovel<\/span> therapeutics in oncology and metabolic disease<\/span> as well as<\/span> initiating the<\/span> pharmaceutical<\/span> industry<\/span>\u2019s <\/span>initial<\/span> efforts i<\/span>n <\/span>precision<\/span> medicine <\/span>and drug repositioning<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. <\/span>Luther hol<\/span>ds <\/span>Bachelor of Science<\/span> degree<\/span>s<\/span> from <\/span>North Carolina State <\/span>University, a<\/span> doctorate <\/span>from <\/span>St. Louis<\/span> University School of Medicine<\/span>,<\/span> and an MBA from Duke University.<\/span> \u00a0He was <\/span>a<\/span> Carl Stone <\/span>Muscular Dystrophy <\/span>F<\/span>ellow at The Salk <\/span>Institute<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> the author of over <\/span>7<\/span>5<\/span> publications and<\/span>patents<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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