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Richard Wooster is an Independent Director at Ikena Oncology, Inc. and a Director at Illuminating Drug Discovery Ltd. He previously served as the Chief Scientific Officer at Translate Bio, Inc. from 2019 to 2021.
Prior to that, he was a Senior Investigator at Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
Richard also held the position of Vice President & Unit Head-Oncology at GlaxoSmithKline LLC from 2006 to 2013.
From 2013 to 2019, he served as the Chief Scientific Officer & President-R&D at Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Wooster obtained his undergraduate and doctorate degrees from the University Of Dundee.
Richard Wooster active positions
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Former positions of Richard Wooster
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| TRANSLATE BIO, INC. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | 14/09/2021 |
Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc.
Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Discovers and develops cancer therapeutics and drugs | President | 01/03/2015 |
GlaxoSmithKline LLC
GlaxoSmithKline LLC Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Engages in research and development, manufacturing of respiratory, immunology, oncology and infectious disease medicines and vaccines | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/01/2013 |
| IMAGENEBIO, INC. | Director/Board Member | - |
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute BiotechnologyHealth Technology Provides genomic research services | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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| Private companies | 6 |
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Translate Bio, Inc.
Translate Bio, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a clinical-stage mRNA therapeutics company that develops transformative medicines to treat diseases caused by protein | Health Technology |
University Of Dundee
University Of Dundee Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute BiotechnologyHealth Technology Provides genomic research services | Health Technology |
GlaxoSmithKline LLC
GlaxoSmithKline LLC Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Engages in research and development, manufacturing of respiratory, immunology, oncology and infectious disease medicines and vaccines | Health Technology |
Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc.
Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Discovers and develops cancer therapeutics and drugs | Health Technology |
Ikena Oncology, Inc.
Ikena Oncology, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Develops metabolic enzymes based immunotherapy for oncology applications | Health Technology |
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