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Osman Ozes

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Founder at Altay Therapeutics

San Bruno, California, United States

FoundedAltay Therapeutics · YC

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Osman Ozes is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Altay Therapeutics, with over 30 years of academic and 10 years of industry research experience across fibrosis, cancer immunology, inflammatory diseases, and biomarkers. As Director of Research at Intermune Inc., he characterized the mechanism of action of Pirfenidone (Esbriet) using bioassays he developed and patented, work that contributed to the drug's FDA approval for lung fibrosis, and he handled regulatory documentation including CMC filings, IMPDs/INDs, and MAAs/BLAs. At Altay Therapeutics, he helped develop a platform for identifying small molecule binding sites in transcription factors and advanced three first-in-class assets targeting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Ewing's Sarcoma, and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

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Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)Toronto · $50K – $250K checksFshd Global Research FoundationSydney SouthJude GomilaLynnwoodNational Institutes of Health (NIH)since 2022National Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2023Tachyon VenturesLos AngelesY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Altay Therapeutics

AOAli Ozes
Ali OzesFounder

Experience

  1. Altay TherapeuticsFounder and Chief Scientific Officercurrent2019 — present455 Mission Bay Boulevard South, San Francisco CA
  2. Nalo TherapeuticsScientific Consultant2018 — 2019
  3. Akdeniz UniversityProfessor2009 — 2018Akdeniz University, Antalya Turkey
  4. Teva PharmaceuticalsScientific Advisor2014 — 2017
  5. InterMune (Acquired by Roche)Director of Research2002 — 2007San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Indiana UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow1997 — 2002Walther oncology center IUPUI

Skills & more

Grant Writing3research5Biotechnology Industry1Drug Discovery3Molecular & Cellular BiologyMolecular OncologyPublic Speaking

Languages English · Turkish

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Who is Osman Ozes?
Osman Ozes is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Altay Therapeutics, with over 30 years of academic and 10 years of industry research experience across fibrosis, cancer immunology, inflammatory diseases, and biomarkers. As Director of Research at Intermune Inc., he characterized the mechanism of action of Pirfenidone (Esbriet) using bioassays he developed and patented, work that contributed to the drug's FDA approval for lung fibrosis, and he handled regulatory documentation including CMC filings, IMPDs/INDs, and MAAs/BLAs. At Altay Therapeutics, he helped develop a platform for identifying small molecule binding sites in transcription factors and advanced three first-in-class assets targeting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Ewing's Sarcoma, and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
Where does Osman Ozes work?
Osman Ozes is Founder of Altay Therapeutics.
What companies did Osman Ozes found?
Osman Ozes founded Altay Therapeutics.
Where did Osman Ozes go to school?
Osman Ozes studied at Indiana University Bloomington (PhD Student. Department of Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology); Hacettepe University (Masters Student, Department of Molecular Biology); Hacettepe University (Bachelor of Science (BS) Molecular Biology, Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology).

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