Denny Lanfear
Unicorn founderFounder at Coherus Biosciences
Redwood City, California, United States
FoundedCoherus Biosciences$1.1B
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About
Denny Lanfear is Chairman, Founder, and CEO of Coherus Oncology, an immuno-oncology company he started in 2010 and took public in 2014. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, he has worked across metabolic disease, ophthalmology, and immuno-oncology, and has negotiated over $1.5 billion in transactions, including the $187.5 million divestiture of Coherus' ophthalmology business to Sandoz in March 2024. He served as Acting Chief Commercial Officer at Coherus during 2019 and 2020, overseeing the launch of UDENYCA, and founded the nonprofit "Securing America's Medicine and Supply," which advocates for federal policies supporting domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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- Who is Denny Lanfear?
- Denny Lanfear is Chairman, Founder, and CEO of Coherus Oncology, an immuno-oncology company he started in 2010 and took public in 2014. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, he has worked across metabolic disease, ophthalmology, and immuno-oncology, and has negotiated over $1.5 billion in transactions, including the $187.5 million divestiture of Coherus' ophthalmology business to Sandoz in March 2024. He served as Acting Chief Commercial Officer at Coherus during 2019 and 2020, overseeing the launch of UDENYCA, and founded the nonprofit "Securing America's Medicine and Supply," which advocates for federal policies supporting domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Where does Denny Lanfear work?
- Denny Lanfear is Founder of Coherus Biosciences.
- What companies did Denny Lanfear found?
- Denny Lanfear founded Coherus Biosciences.
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