Mark G. P. Saifer
Corporate Officer/Principal at Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Dr. Saifer is a member of Silicom Ventures advisory board, and has been the Scientific Director and a Vice President of Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MVP) since 1996.
Dr. Saifer began to develop improved technology for coupling polymers such as poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG) to drugs, together with Dr. L.
David Williams.
Their discovery of the negative impact of conventional PEGylation on the activity of one enzyme, superoxide dismutase, led to their recognition of the advantages of using higher molecular weight polymers for enhancing the pharmaceutical properties of a wide variety of therapeutic proteins.
Prior to founding MVP, together with Dr. Williams and Dr. Merry Sherman, Dr. Saifer was the Scientific Director and a Vice President of DDI Pharmaceuticals in Mountain View, CA.
He is an inventor on 16 issued and six pending U.S.
patents, with foreign counterparts, relating to enzymes, cytokines and other therapeutic proteins, viruses, polymers and polymer conjugates.
Dr. Saifer received an AB in Natural Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley.
Following postdoctoral research in the Department of Bacteriology and Immunology at Berkeley, he did research in the Department of Viral Oncology at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, NY.
Mark G. P. Saifer active positions
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Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures bio-pharmaceutical drugs. The American company was founded by Merry R. Sherman, Dennis M. Brown. Merry R. Sherman has been the CEO since incorporation. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/1995 |
Silicom Ventures LLC
Silicom Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Silicom Ventures LLC (Silicom Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Gadi Behar. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Mark G. P. Saifer
Companies | Position | End |
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DDI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/1993 |
Training of Mark G. P. Saifer
University of Pennsylvania | Undergraduate Degree |
University of California, Berkeley | Doctorate Degree |
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Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Mountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures bio-pharmaceutical drugs. The American company was founded by Merry R. Sherman, Dennis M. Brown. Merry R. Sherman has been the CEO since incorporation. | Health Technology |
DDI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Distribution Services |
Silicom Ventures LLC
Silicom Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Silicom Ventures LLC (Silicom Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Gadi Behar. The firm is headquartered in Los Altos, California. | Finance |
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