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Published on: 3/5/2001
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Leon Palandjian, M.D., Principal, is a recent graduate of Harvard Medical School, and a member of the Patient Care Visiting Committee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.Previously, he was a researcher at Harvard Medical School, and is the author of numerous papers on RNA splicing.From 1991 to 1994 Dr. Palandjian was a Management Associate with SmithKline Beecham, gaining experience in manufacturing, R&D, human resources and sales.
NewcoGen (http://www.newcogen.com/) was formed in late 1999 to focus on creating and developing new ventures in the life science and information technology fields.NewcoGen applies a systematic entrepreneurial process that is used to identify and develop companies capable of achieving leadership positions in attractive target markets.New venture concepts are either generated internally or sourced externally from a network of NewcoGen advisors, academics, entrepreneurs, venture capital referrals or corporate partners.Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, NewcoGen has assembled a team of more than 75 life sciences and information technology professionals among its core staff and six current start-up ventures.NewcoGen has approximately $62 million in capital from institutional and corporate partners, including Elan Corporation and Applera Corporation.