GAIL MADERIS

Pharmacology
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals
Israel

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Biography

 Ms. Maderis most recently served as President and CEO of BayBio before its merger with California Healthcare Institute (CHI) in December of 2014. Ms. Maderis was previously President and CEO of FivePrime Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company that is focused on the discovery and development of innovative protein and antibody drugs, and prior to that, held general management positions at Genzyme Corporation, including founder and president of Genzyme Molecular Oncology, a publicly traded division of Genzyme, and corporate vice president of Genzyme Corporation. Ms. Maderis has been a member of several boards, and currently serves on The Mayor’s Biotech Advisory Council of San Francisco, as well as the HBS Healthcare Initiative board. Ms. Maderis received a B.S. degree in business from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Research Intrest

 Discovery and development of innovative protein and antibody drugs.