Brett N.
Industry Mentor @Nucleate Chicago
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WORK HISTORY
Industry Mentor @Nucleate Chicago
Provide both business and scientific guidance to early stage biotechnology-focused entrepreneurs in the Chicago region as they develop ideas into potential companies.
EDUCATION
Texas McCombs School of Business
MBA, Entrepreneurship/Finance
Columbia University
BS, Chemical Engineering
Ursinus College
BA, Liberal Arts/PreEngineering
ABOUT BRETT N.
Drug developer and pharma entrepreneur dedicated to developing new treatments in therapeutic areas with significant unmet needs. First hire at Xeris Pharmaceuticals. Worked with founding team to develop GVOKE (glucagon) injection prefilled syringe and autoinjector from formulation optimization through CMC, preclinical, clinical, human factors, regulatory, and business challenges through IPO (Nasdaq XERS), NDA approval and commercial launch. Business experience includes: product development leadership and strategy from bench-scale to commercial, small business operations, multi-million dollar product development budget owner (FP & A), qualitative and quantitative market research, market analysis & validation, marketing and competitive strategy, financial modeling, business development and partnering, sales operations & inside sales, fundraising (angel, venture, public), and grant writing (instrumental in award of four NIH Phase II SBIR grants and four foundation grants, totaling $10MM+ in non-dilutive funding). Technical responsibilities have included CMC (formulation development, primary container selection, drug delivery device selection, tech transfer, process & cleaning validation, SOP & batch record development, clinical & commercial manufacturing), clinical strategy and operations, regulatory operations (project management, IND submission, multiple FDA interactions, TPP author, label development, orphan designation, drug-device combination product development strategy), human factors development, and medical affairs (author on 9 peer-reviewed journal publications and 20+ conference posters/presentations).
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