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Tao Fu

Investor

Venture Partner at Frazier Life Sciences

Palo Alto

About

Tao Fu joined Frazier Life Sciences as a Venture Partner in 2022 and serves as President and CEO of Attovia Therapeutics, a Frazier Life Sciences portfolio company. He has more than 25 years of experience in pharmaceuticals and biotech, having previously held senior roles including President & COO and Chief Strategy Officer at Zai Lab, Chief Commercial and Business Officer at Portola Pharmaceuticals, and head of M&A roles at Bristol Myers-Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. He holds an MS in biology from the University of Rochester, an MBA from Vanderbilt University, and undergraduate studies in biology at Tsinghua University, and is a CFA.

Invests in

Biotech

Experience

  1. Attovia TherapeuticsChief Executive Officercurrent2023 β€” presentFremont, California, United States
  2. Frazier Life SciencesVenture Partnercurrent2022 β€” presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  3. Zai LabPresident & Chief Operating Officer2018 β€” 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Portola PharmaceuticalsExecutive Vice President, Chief Commercial and Business Officer2015 β€” 2018San Francisco, California
  5. Bristol Myers SquibbVice President, Business Development, Head of M&A and Alliance Management2014 β€” 2015princeton, new jersey
  6. Johnson & JohnsonVice President, Business Development, Head of Mergers and Acquisitions/Pharmaceuticals Group2010 β€” 2014
  7. Johnson & JohnsonVice President, Business Development2006 β€” 2010
  8. SciosVice President, Business Development2002 β€” 2006
  9. McKinsey & CompanyConsultant2001 β€” 2002
  10. BDManager, Business Development1997 β€” 2000

Education

  1. Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of ManagementMBA, Finance1995 β€” 1997
  2. University of RochesterMS, Biology1992 β€” 1995
  3. Tsinghua UniversityUndergraduate Studies, Biology1989 β€” 1992

Skills & more

Corporate Development1Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)1Biotechnology1Pharmaceutical Industry2

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