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THE ENOSI Board

Joining Forces For Progress

Inspired by the Greek word enosis, or “union,” Enosi Life Sciences was born when world-renowned scientists Professor Sir Marc Feldmann and Dr. H. Michael Shepard joined forces to focus on second generation therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases based on their previous successes.

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H. Michael Shepard, Ph.D

President, Co-Founder, CEO & CSO
Dr. H. Michael Shepard is a global, leading authority on cancer research and therapeutics. He is best known for his invention of "Herceptin"/Trastuzumab, which has remained one of the most profitable platforms for Roche (>$7B USD). Dr. Shepard is a highly-experienced and respected leader with many successful ventures in this field—working at Genentech (sold to Roche - $46.8 B USD), Canji, Inc. (bought by Scheirng-Plough) and Halozyme (now valued at $2.6B USD). Widely acknowledged biomarker pioneer and recognized worldwide, Dr. Shepard has received the 2019 Albert Lasker Award and the Warren Alpert Prize, among many other professional accolades.
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Sir Marc Feldmann, M.D. Ph.D.

Director & Co-Founder
Sir Marc Feldmann is a preeminent immunologist, and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford. With Sir Ravinder Maini, he identified TNF as a target. Trials of Infliximab (Remicade) they led were successful, and prompted J&J’s $4.9B USD acquisition of Centocor. Remicade sales amount to more than $50B USD globally. Professor Sir Marc Feldmann is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Australian Academy and a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Sciences; he was knighted in 2010 and received the Australian equivalent. He has received many accolades including the Albert Lasker Award, the Crafoord Prize, the Canada Gairdner Award, the Paul Janssen Award, and the Ernst Schering Award.
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James N. Woody

Executive Chairman
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Dr. Patrick William Gray

Director
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Mr. Wang Hou

Founder & CEO of Danuo
Mr. Wang is the founder and CEO of Danuo Science Group (“Danuo”), Enosi’s first licensee. Danuo licenses Enosi’s EN-1000 and EN-2000 for Greater China and is a critical partner to Enosi’s success. Danuo’s mission is to license some of the most promising technologies for development and sale in Greater China. In addition to Danuo, Mr. Wang founded the World Laurates Association in 2017, with five Nobel laureates as founding members. The WLA is one of the world’s highest profile organizations for laureates with the goal of promoting science and technology for the common destiny of mankind. The WLA has since grown to over 100 recipients of some of the world’s most notable prizes, including the Nobel and Lasker Prizes. Mr. Wang holds a Master’s Degree in Media from the School of Journalism, Fudan University.
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A Conversation With Enosi's Founders

Co-Founders Professor Sir Marc Feldmann and Dr. Mike Shepard discuss the genesis of the idea for founding Enosi Life Sciences and what they hope to accomplish with forthcoming research and treatment developments.  Executive Chairman Dr. James N. Woody moderates.

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James N. Woody

Executive Chairman

  • Jim brings more than 25 years of pharmaceutical research and management experience to Enosi.
  • In addition to his duties as a consultant to LVP, where he served as a General Partner for 14 years, Jim is currently Chairman of Viracta Therapeutics, a company focusing on unique therapies for virally induced cancers.  
  • He was the founding CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, a cancer therapeutic antibody company. He was the Board member for both ForteBio, and Protein Simple, both successfully acquired. Jim was formerly President and GM of Roche Bioscience (former Syntex) in Palo Alto, CA. 
  • Previously, Jim served as Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President of R&D for Centocor. While at Centocor, Jim’s team developed the blockbuster drug Remicade. 
  • Jim served as a Navy Medical Officer, and was Head of the Navy Transplant Research Program. With his colleagues and with both Navy and Congressional support, founded the National Marrow Donor Program. 
  • He was promoted to Commanding Officer and Director, US Naval Medical Research and Development Command in Bethesda Maryland. He was responsible for the surveillance, detection and therapy for all Biologic Warfare Agents and Infectious Diseases in the first Gulf War and was awarded the Marine Corps/US Navy Legion of Merit for his service. 
  • Jim served as Chairman of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group representing over 120 Silicon Valley Companies, is a board member of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (Stanford).
  • Jim holds an M.D. from Loma Linda University, trained in Pediatric Immunology at Duke University and Children’s Hospital in Boston (Harvard), and holds a Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of London, England. He was Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine 1982-1996. He has authored or co-authored over 140 publications.
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H. Michael Shepard, Ph.D.

CEO & Co-founder

  • Dr. H. Michael Shepard is a global, leading authority on cancer research and therapeutics.
  • Best known for his invention of “Herceptin”/Trastuzumab, which has remained one of the most profitable platforms for Roche (>$7B USD).
  • Dr. Shepard is a highly-experienced and respected leader with many successful ventures in this field – working at Genentech (sold to Roche – $46.8 B USD), Canji, Inc. (bought by Scheirng-Plough) and Halozyme (now valued at $2.6B USD).
  • Widely acknowledged biomarker pioneer and recognized worldwide, Dr. Shepard has received the 2019 Albert Lasker Award and the Warren Alpert Prize, among many other professional accolades.

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Sir Marc Feldmann, M.D. Ph.D.

Director & Co-founder

  • Sir Marc Feldmann is a preeminent immunologist, and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford.
  • With Sir Ravinder Maini, identified TNF as a target. Trials of Infliximab (Remicade) they led were successful, and prompted J&J’s $4.9B USD acquisition of Centocor.
  • Anti-TNF sales > $50B USD globally.
  • Professor Sir Marc Feldmann is a Fellow of the Royal Society , of Australian Academy and a Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Sciences; he was knighted in 2010 and received the Australian equivalent.
  • He has received many accolades including the Albert Lasker Award, the Crafoord Prize, the Canada Gairdner Award, the Paul Janssen Award, the Ernst Schering Award.