Leadership Team

Susan Rosenbaum, J.D.

Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

10 years successful biotech visionary, entrepreneur & strategic executive; founder (present): biotech companies (Lauren Sciences LLC/Lauren Biotech LLC; Maya Sciences LLC/Maya Biochem LLC); 20 years prior corporate finance, law, development & management; founder (past): investment banking firm (Rosenbaum & Co.), law firm (Rosenbaum, P.C.); private & public company boards of directors; national/international author & speaker

Irwin Hollander, Ph.D.

Vice President Research & Development

30 years drug discovery, targeted drug delivery; drugs approved & in clinic; Lederle/Wyeth/Pfizer oncology – development 1st FDA-approved ADC “Mylotarg,” PI3K inhibitor in clinic, irreversible HER kinase inhibitor; Searle; 8 patents, over 30 publications

Eliahu Heldman, Ph.D.

Director of Biology

40 years neuroscience research; drug development & delivery; founder: Neuroderm Ltd  (sold to Mitsubishi Tanabe); Director Cell Biology, V.I. Technology, USA; Adjunct Professor, USUHS, Maryland, USA; co-inventor FDA-approved cevimeline “Evoxac”; Over 20 patents & 120 publications; Prof. Emeritus, Ben Gurion University

Charles Linder, Ph.D.

Director of Biophysics

30 years polymer/macromolecular/supramolecular chemistry, for drug delivery, microencapsulation, energy conversion; Zuckerberg Institute-BioEng (BGU); Hoffman LaRoche; Membrane Products Kiryat Weizmann Ltd; Weizmann Institute, “Dudley Wright Prize”; Founder: BotanoCap Ltd.; 20 patents, 100 publications; Prof. Emeritus, Ben Gurion University

Sarina Grinberg, Ph.D.

Director of Chemistry

30 years synthetic organic/lipid chemistry; Head, Lab of Lipid Chem (BGU); “Marsha and Tzvi Shariv Prize for Excellency”; Many patents & publications; Prof., Ben Gurion University [In Memoriam]

 

Drs. Grinberg, Linder and Heldman are Inventors of V-Smart®