The CRDMO CEO making his luck

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Philip Lee, CEO at GeneFab.

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Philip, covering:

• The role of luck in the development of his entrepreneurial journey of multiple biopharma start-ups
• Bootstrapping a biological tech company and then selling to Millipore, along with lessons learnt from a more prominent global organization
• Building a new company from the back of a napkin to an IPO on the NASDAQ
• Creating a technology platform and operational capability with real therapeutic application that led to the spin-out of Genefab
• Bridging the gap for early-stage cell therapy companies with aligned incentives and a non-transactional model

Philip Lee is a bioengineer, biotechnology entrepreneur, and executive who has spent the last 20 years building companies and commercializing products, including cell and gene therapies, synthetic biology platforms, scientific instrumentation, cell culture systems, and advanced manufacturing services.

He has been the “first employee” at multiple ventures with leadership experience across diverse growth trajectories, including bootstrapping, VC and PE funding rounds, IPO, acquisition, and internal innovation within a large enterprise.

Philip holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the UC Berkeley/UCSF Joint Graduate Program in Bioengineering. Philip is currently the founding CEO of GeneFab, a contract research, development, and manufacturing organization focused on supporting its clients in bringing innovative genetic medicines to needy patients. 

Before GeneFab, Philip was the Co-Founder and CTO of Senti Biosciences, a cell and gene therapy company applying gene circuit technology to improve the efficacy and safety of cancer cell therapies. Philip was also the co-founder and CEO of Cellasic Corp, a microfluidics instrumentation company that MilliporeSigma had acquired.

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