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Vikas Goel

Founder at Zafrens

San Diego, California, United States

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Vikas Goel is Head of Biology at Zafrens, with over 14 years of experience in biotech and pharma advancing small-molecule programs from hit identification through IND and clinical translation. He contributed to the FDA-approved therapy repotrectinib (Augtyro, 2023) and to five clinical-stage programs spanning oncology, immunology, and cardiometabolic disease. His work covers target identification and validation, high-throughput and platform biology, translational biology, and team leadership, including originating the MNK1/2 T cell biology program at eFFECTOR.

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Vikas Goel is Head of Biology at Zafrens, with over 14 years of experience in biotech and pharma advancing small-molecule programs from hit identification through IND and clinical translation. He contributed to the FDA-approved therapy repotrectinib (Augtyro, 2023) and to five clinical-stage programs spanning oncology, immunology, and cardiometabolic disease. His work covers target identification and validation, high-throughput and platform biology, translational biology, and team leadership, including originating the MNK1/2 T cell biology program at eFFECTOR.

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