Hong Li, MD
Neurologist
Medically trained neurologist and scientist with almost 30 years extensive global experience and expertise in clinical development, medical affairs, pharmacovigilance, regulatory, and operations, outstanding proven track records in US, Europe, and Asian-pacific. Diverse knowledge, skill sets and training in medicine, science, public health, business, and management. Broad combination of clinical practice and clinical/pre-clinical research, medicine and business management, individual medicine and public health, Western and Chinese medicine. With diverse working experience in clinical practice, academia, and industry (Pharmaceuticals, CROs, Consulting), as a clinical/medical/project lead, led global cross function teams to develop clinical and/or medical plans, conduct international trials across multiple therapeutic indications and cross phases 1-4 and postmarketing, to meet scientific, regulatory and commercial needs, with high quality and in a timely/on budget/scientifically responsible fashion. Oversaw, planned, managed all issues from overall strategy planning to hand-on operation, from initial protocol design to final submission.
Other team members
Oncologist/Pulmonologist
Dr. Giovanni Selvaggi is a US-based drug developer, cancer researcher, and strategic advisor to big pharma and early-to-late stage biotech companies with 14 years experience in industry and 17 in academia. Giovanni is currently Chief Medical Officer at Xcovery Holdings, where he manages an ongoing New Drug Application with the FDA for ensartinib, an ALK-TKI for non-small cell lung cancer. He is also a Clinical Consultant to Tubulis GmBH for a first-in-class ADC program in solid tumors; Clinical Strategy Senior VP to Alira Health, and advisor for CEL-SCI a first in class biotech that develops IO in head and neck oral cancer. He formerly served as Director/VP in multiple clinical development programs at GSK, Novartis (NDA with ceritinib), Oncolytics and BMS (NDA with Opdivo).
Dr. Selvaggi will be one of BusStim’s Oncology Evaluation team,
Neurologist
Rheumatologist
Leonard Sigal, MD is a Practicing rheumatologist and Independent consultant as Gateway Immunosciences, LLC. to the pharmaceutical-biotech industry and investment communities.
He has over 35 years of experience in rheumatology and basic & clinical immunology, Author of over 350 published medical and scientific articles & chapters, Winner of many teaching awards, clinical and pre-clinical education.
Dr. Sigal was previously Vice President, Global Therapeutic Area Leadership - Rheumatology & Immunology, PAREXEL. Before that position, he was Vice President - Medical & Science-Inflammation, NovoNordisk; Inaugural VP, immunosciences franchise, early Phase development of monoclonal antibodies in SLE, RA & IBD and Medical Director - Global Clinical Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb; led clinical development programs of abatacept in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and SLE. Earlier in his career, he was Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Professor in Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, UMDNJ (now RUTGERS) -Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.
He is a graduate of M.I.T. and Stanford Medical School. He did his internal medicine residency at Mt Sinai Medical Center in NYC and fellowships in rheumatology and clinical immunology at Yale. He is Board-Certified, Internal Medicine & Rheumatology and Board-eligible in Clinical Immunology
Oncologist
Extensive pharmaceutical industry experience, with ~20 years in Oncology drug development
