About
VP of Finance managing the firm's financial and fund reporting and tax work. Previously at HarbourVest Partners and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Holds a bachelor's degree from UMass Lowell.
Experience
- Mission BioCapitalOperating Partnercurrent2020 — present
- Deciphera PharmaceuticalsDirector2014 — 2021
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Senior Advisor2019Waltham, Massachusetts
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.President & CEO2014 — 2019Waltham, Massachusetts
- Ensemble Therapeutics Corp.President & CEO2007 — 2013
- Marina BiotechDirector2010 — 2012
- Cequent PharmaceuticalsDirector2008 — 2010
- PfizerSenior Vice President2000 — 2007
- PfizerDrug Development Vice President1983 — 2000
- Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical ResearchDrug Development VP1998 — 2000
Skills & more
Medicinal Chemistry3Biomarkers2Strategy9Drug Discovery12Drug Development22Lifesciences6Clinical Development7Biotechnology10Molecular Biology1Pharmaceutical Industry9Oncology3Genomics1
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Technology TransferAssay DevelopmentBiopharmaceuticalsFrom Samar's professional profile.
Colleagues at Mission Biocapital
Cassidy Blundell
Partner at Mission Biocapital
Chaya Patel
Principal at Mission Biocapital
Chris Carlin
Chief Operations Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Mission Biocapital
Clay Rowland
Investment Associate at Mission Biocapital
Douglas Crawford
Managing General Partner at Mission Biocapital
Helen Siaw
Analyst at Mission Biocapital
Jennifer Griffin
Partner at Mission Biocapital
Johannes Fruehauf
General Partner at Mission Biocapital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Samar Jahan?
- VP of Finance managing the firm's financial and fund reporting and tax work. Previously at HarbourVest Partners and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Holds a bachelor's degree from UMass Lowell.
- Where does Samar Jahan work?
- Samar Jahan is Vice President of Finance at Mission Biocapital.
- Where did Samar Jahan go to school?
- Samar Jahan studied at University of Pennsylvania (Post-Doc, Organic Chemistry); University at Buffalo (Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry); University of South Florida (B.S., Chemistry).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Deciphera Pharmaceuticals1
Also worked at Cequent Pharmaceuticals2
Also worked at Pfizer198
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