Desmond Padhi
InvestorOperating Partner at Westlake Village BioPartners
California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Operating Partner working across the firm and portfolio companies to advance medicines into the clinic, serving as founding CEO of Capsida Biotherapeutics and interim CEO of Latigo Biotherapeutics. Previously spent 20 years at Amgen and holds a PharmD from Wayne State University.
Experience
- Westlake Village BioPartners®Operating Partnercurrent2023 — presentWestlake Village, California, United States
- Westlake Village BioPartners®Principal2020 — 2023Westlake Village
- Westlake Village BioPartners®Associate Partner2019 — 2020Westlake Village
- Latigo Biotherapeutics, Inc.Interim CEO2023 — 2024Thousand Oaks, California, United States
- AmgenVice President Pharmacokinetics & Drug Metabolism, Clinical Pharmacology & Modeling and Simulation2018 — 2019Thousand Oaks
- AmgenVice President Medical Sciences2014 — 2018Thousand Oaks
- AmgenExecutive Director Medical Sciences1999 — 2014Thousand Oaks, Ca
- Schering-Plough Research InstituteAssistant Director Clinical Pharmacology1996 — 1999
Education
- Wayne State UniversityFellowship1994 — 1996
- Wayne State UniversityPharmD1992 — 1994
- University of SaskatchewanBSc, Pharmacy1987 — 1991
Skills & more
Clinical Development29Drug Development32Oncology12Biotechnology21Biopharmaceuticals30Translational Medicine3Clinical Pharmacology46Internal Medicine18GCP2Market Access3Biomarkers5Drug Discovery8
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Clinical TrialsCommercializationHematologyLifesciencesRegulatory AffairsClinical ResearchRegulatory SubmissionsMedical AffairsINDPharmaceutical IndustryCTMSHealth EconomicsFrom Desmond's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Wayne State University20
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Also attended University of Saskatchewan18
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Shared employers
Also worked at Westlake Village BioPartners®9
Agnes SoChief Financial Officer at Ballistic VenturesDavid AllisonManaging Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersMira ChaurushiyaManaging Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersBeth SeidenbergFounding Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersArmando AlvarezFinance Manager at Westlake Village BioPartnersJennifer KercherGeneral Counsel at Westlake Village BioPartners
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Also worked at Latigo Biotherapeutics, Inc.3
Also worked at Schering-Plough Research Institute4
Colleagues at Westlake Village BioPartners
Anurag Agarwal
CEO & co-founder at Westlake Village BioPartners
Armando Alvarez
Finance Manager at Westlake Village BioPartners
Beth Seidenberg
Founding Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartners
Brogan Perrelli
VP of Finance and Operations at Westlake Village BioPartners
David Allison
Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartners
Eric Kaufman
Vice President at Westlake Village BioPartners
Jennifer Kercher
General Counsel at Westlake Village BioPartners
Kelli McKeirnan
Director of Administration at Westlake Village BioPartners
Network5
David Allison
Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartners
Deborah Palestrant
Partner, Executive Chair, 4:59 Initiative at 5AM Ventures
Hyung Chun
Partner at Foresite Capital
Mira Chaurushiya
Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartners
Sean Harper
Managing Partner at Westlake Village BioPartners
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