Leadership Team

Our leadership team brings an unrivaled combination of immense commitment, decades of experience, and enthusiastic passion to your drug development process

Anshul Thakral

Former CCO and EVP, PPD
Board Director for Saama, TriNetX

Carlos Paya, MD, PhD

Former CEO of Immune Design, previously Elan, Eli Lilly, and Mayo Clinic

Michael Doherty

Former Chief Regulatory Affairs EQRX, previously Foundation Medicine and Roche

Scott Brun, MD

Former VP, Scientific Affairs and Head of AbbVie Ventures, AbbVie

Elisha Talley-Roithner

Former SVP of Development Operations, PPD

Shao Chang, MD, PhD

Former VP of Clinical Development, BeiGene, previously MedImmune, AstraZeneca, and Eli Lilly

James Cornwall, PhD

Former CBO, Nuvelution, previously Corporate Development at IQVIA

Matthew Cramblett

Former VP of Development Operations, PPD, previously Nucana

Aaron Camp

Former Global Head of Biostatistics ICON, previously PPD

Advisory Committee

Board Of Directors

David Simmons

Former Chairman & CEO, PPD, previously Pfizer

Joe Bress

Board Director for Curia, Millicent, PPD (former), Saama, TriNetX, WellDyneRx, and others

Kurt von Emster

Board Director for Cymabay Jasper, Orbus, SFJ, Tizona Vaxcyte Vera, and others

Bali Muralidhar

Board Director for Anjarium, Exicure, Gynesonics, NuCana, Reneo, Spruce, and others

Anshul Thakral

Former CCO and EVP, PPD
Board Director for Saama, TriNetX

Steve Wise

Board Director for Curia, Medline, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, PPD (former), Resonetics, Sedgwick, and others

How We Help

Launch Therapeutics offers pharmaceutical and biotech partners a variety of innovative models that access to capital, development expertise, and access to additional resources. These models offer an aligned and efficient approach to develop late-stage therapies and accelerate the path to regulatory approval. Launch Tx’s team of experts brings an unrivaled combination of immense commitment, decades of experience, and enthusiastic passion to their work.

Access to Сapital

Bespoke deal structures taking combination of clinical, regulatory, and commercial risks

Resources

Team with deep clinical and regulatory expertise with access to an expansive network

Acceleration

Disruptive model accelerating clinical development and regulatory timelines

Demonstrated Trust and Belief

Launch Therapeutics (Launch Tx) is backed by the respected and experienced professionals at Carlyle and its life sciences franchise, Abingworth. Their investments demonstrate the deep trust and belief they have in Launch Tx to disrupt the development paradigm and expedite the pathway for therapies to be approved and into the hands of patients who need them.

Carlyle and Abingworth, along with our CEO, Anshul Thakral, formed Launch Therapeutics in 2022. By combining the global network of Carlyle and Abingworth with the seasoned team of professionals at Launch Tx, both pharmaceutical and biotech companies have an ideal partner to advance their late-stage clinical programs.