Primary Job Title Partner Primary Organization The Column Group
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Leon Chen, Ph.D., is currently a Venture Partner with OrbiMed. Prior to joining OrbiMed, Dr. Chen was the co-founder of KAI Pharmaceuticals where he built the company as the first employee. He held responsibilities research, intellectual property and business development before Amgen acquired KAI in 2012.
He was previously an Entrepreneur in
Residence at Venrock and most recently was a Partner at Skyline Ventures where he served on the board of a number of biotech and diagnostic companies.
Dr. Chen has a B.A in Biochemistry from U.C. Berkeley, a Ph.D in Molecular Pharmacology from Stanford and an M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
