Vicken Karageozian
Chief Executive Officer and President @Allegro Ophthalmics, Llc
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Chief Executive Officer and President @Allegro Ophthalmics, Llc
Vicken is an industry veteran in ophthalmic drug development, with more than 25 years’ experience building, leading, and fundraising companies in the ophthalmic pharmaceutical space. An ophthalmic surgeon by training with 18 years of concurrent clinical practice experience, Vicken is the co-founder of three ophthalmic biotech companies since 1993, including ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Vitreoretinal Technologies, Inc, and Allegro Ophthalmics, LLC. He has been the inventor or co-inventor of numerous ophthalmic pharmaceuticals with more than 82 patents issued on his drug discoveries. His co-inventions include some of the first enzymatic, osmotic, and integrin-based treatments for the eye and some of the earliest work in intravitreal injections (Vitrase®). Vicken has been instrumental in the raising of over $240M in venture and institutional capital and corporate partnerships for these companies. Vicken has led the clinical development, business execution, and regulatory strategy on numerous ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, including several negotiated novel endpoints for first in class drugs, and has led numerous phase 1, 2, and 3 ophthalmic clinical programs across the US, EU, India, and Latin America. As a senior executive at Allegro Ophthalmics, Vicken has extensive experience in formulating and leading the corporate strategy, execution, fundraising, and business development efforts. Throughout his ventures, Vicken has led numerous successful out-licensings, partnerships, M&A and IPOs across the US, Asia, and Latin America. This includes the successful IPO of ISTA pharmaceuticals, Inc. Vicken graduated from the University of California, San Diego with degrees in biochemistry and cellular biology and received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. After completing an internship at UCLA, he completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of California, Irvine.
EDUCATION
Tufts University School of Medicine
MD
UCLA
Medical Internship
UC San Diego
BS, Biochemistry and Cellular Biology
UC Irvine
Ophthalmology Residency, Ophthalmic Training
SKILLS
ABOUT VICKEN KARAGEOZIAN
Innovative, resourceful, highly strategic C-suite industry veteran, and serial…
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