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Meet the CEO
Dr. Shah strives to integrate his training in the biological sciences with his training in finance in order to bring new
therapies to patients with unmet medical needs. In addition to his work with Auspex, Dr. Shah serves on several
boards of companies in the life sciences. He served as founding investor in a company called CNS Therapeutics, which
focused on developing intrathecal pharmaceuticals. He also co-founded a company building high-end robots to
automate pharmaceutical research and spent time at McKinsey & Company serving a variety of clients in the
pharmaceutical and medical products area.
VITAL SIGNS
NAME: Pratik Shah, PhD, MBA
CURRENT POSITION: President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director of Auspex Pharmaceuticals
EDUCATION: PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and MBA,
University of Chicago.
HOBBIES: Spending time with family, traveling the west coast, and
reading; recently finished Michael Lewis' Boomerang.
Dr. Pratik Shah
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