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Nanqun Zhu, PhD

Nanqun Zhu, PhD

Senior Director, DMPK

Nanqun is Senior Director, DMPK and is responsible for all DMPK related activities. Prior to joining Avilar, Nanqun had 19 years of R&D experience in small molecules or peptides, covering the areas of immunology, oncology, infectious and genetic diseases. With increasing roles at Ra Pharmaceuticals, Ignyta, Ardea Biosciences, Genzyme/Sanofi and Valeant Pharmaceuticals, he contributed to the advancing of multiple drug candidates from early discovery to clinical development, and the approval of 4 marketed medicines, including plerixafor, eligustat, lesinurad and entrectinib. Nanqun is a co-author of over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters. He obtained his PhD in Food Science from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

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