Location Camarillo, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male Also Known As Tom Boone
Website www.remdbio.com
Tom Boone has been specializing in the discovery and development of protein therapeutics for more than 28 years. He worked at Amgen and developed Amgen Protein Sciences before he co-founded REMD Biotherapeutics.
Tom began to work for Amgen in 1981 with the isolation and cDNA cloning of novel cytokines and growth factors including G-CSF. He became
a director, and he developed proprietary processes used to produce recombinant G-CSF and other therapeutic candidates for clinical applications.
Tom then led all research protein technologies and the evolution of Protein Sciences as an independent organization. He was the first vice-president of Amgen Protein Science, and his teams were responsible for the majority of the current Amgen product portfolio and late stage clinical programs.
Tom co-developed Nplate®, a treatment of thrombocytopenia. His role in the discovery and process development of G-CSF (Neupogen) is recognized.
Tom now specializes in protein engineering, production, purification, and process development. He serves as a consultant or scientific advisor to more than 10 different companies and investment group in addition to his responsibilities at REMD.
