Dr. Bair joined EntreMed in October 2007 as Senior Vice President Research and Development. Dr. Bair is responsible for the company’s overall research and development programs and activities. Dr. Bair has over 28 years of management experience in oncology drug discovery development and chemistry.
Prior to joining EntreMed from 2003 to 2006 Dr. Bair served as Senior Vice President and Head BioPharmaceuticals Research at Chiron Corporation in Emeryville California. From 2002 to 2003 Dr. Bair was Vice President Discovery Oncology at Pharmacia Corporation in Peapack New Jersey. From 1982 until joining Pharmacia Dr. Bair held positions of increasing responsibility within the pharmaceutical industry including Unit Head of Oncology at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Executive Director and Head Oncology Research Program Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation; and various oncology research positions at Burroughs Wellcome Research Triangle Park North Carolina. Dr. Bair currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Renovis University of California Davis NanoCones Biosciences and Biz Biotech.
Dr. Bair earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Brandeis University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |