Location Vista, California, United States Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Sommer joined us as Chief Operating Officer in 2009 and became our Vice President in October 2013.
Prior to joining us, Sommer served as Senior Vice President—Research and then President and Chief Executive Officer of Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company, from 1995 until it was acquired by Insmed, Inc., a
biopharmaceutical company, in 2000.
From 2000 to 2007, Sommer served as Chief Scientific Officer of Insmed.
Prior to Celtrix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., he began his career as Vice President, Research and Development at BioGrowth, Inc., a private biotechnology company, in 1989.
Sommer received his PhD in Microbiology from the University of California, Davis and an MS/BS in Technical Microbiology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
