Michael Newman Biography and Net Worth

A founder of the company, Dr. Michael Newman currently serves as our Chief Scientific Officer. Most recently, he was Founder and CEO of Decoy Biosystems, where he developed the technology that serves as the foundation of Indaptus. With more than 35 years of experience carrying out and managing oncology drug discovery through early development in academia and at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, Michael has also served as a consultant to ~35 companies, assisting with target identification and prioritization, management of R&D, fundraising, and in/out-licensing. His previous positions include faculty appointments in biochemistry at Brandeis University and the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Senior Associate Director of Oncology at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals (world-wide head of Cancer Biology), Executive Director of Oncology at Novartis Pharmaceuticals (Head of Cancer Biology in the U.S.), and senior management positions at several Biotechnology companies, where he also managed drug discovery programs in inflammation, diabetes, and infectious disease. Michael received a Bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of California at San Diego, a Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Harvard Medical School (National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow) and carried out post-doctoral research at Cornell University.