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Kris Venkat was the Chairman and founder of Indus Biotech Pvt Ltd.
He held the position of Chairman and CEO at Sundari LLC from 2000 to 2008.
Dr. Venkat also founded Automated Cell, Inc., Morphochem, Inc., IEP GmbH, Provid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Thar Technologies, Inc., Aescula Pharma GmbH, and Pharmexx India Ltd.
He was the Vice Chairman of Transvivo, Inc. and Fabric Genomics, Inc. and the Chairman-Supervisory Board of Accentua Pharma AG and Juelich Enzyme Products GmbH.
Dr. Venkat was also a Director of Imunon, Inc., Eleos, Inc., Genomics USA, Inc., and Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
He worked as a Principal at Merck & Co., Inc. and as a Senior Advisor at TVM Capital Corp.
Dr. Venkat graduated from Rutgers State University of New Jersey and the University of Minnesota with a graduate degree and from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay with an undergraduate degree.
Former positions of Kris Venkat
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Morphochem, Inc.
 Morphochem, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Morphochem, Inc. manufactures and develops drugs. It uses proprietary whole-cell high throughput screening systems to discover novel compounds of therapeutic value for disorders including cancer & immunological, infectious & metabolic diseases, and for applications in agriculture. The company was founded by Prabhavathi Fernandes in 1997 and is located in Monmouth Junction, NJ | Chairman | 01/07/2010 |
Automated Cell, Inc.
 Automated Cell, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Automated Cell, Inc. provides drug discovery services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets. The company uses automated cell biology tools for improving the productivity of therapeutic development in cell therapy & drug discovery. It focuses on the development of monoclonal antibody therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by Raymond K. Houck & Dr. Paul DiMilla in 1998 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Chairman | 05/04/2010 |
| Pharmexx India Ltd. | Chairman | 17/08/2008 |
Genomics USA, Inc.
 Genomics USA, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Genomics USA, Inc. develops and fabricates microarray technologies to bypass. The private company is based in Tucson, AZ. | Director/Board Member | 18/04/2008 |
| Accentua Pharma AG | Chairman | 18/04/2008 |
Training of Kris Venkat
| Rutgers State University of New Jersey | Graduate Degree |
| University of Minnesota | Graduate Degree |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 2 |
|---|---|
| MERCK & CO., INC. | Health Technology |
| IMUNON, INC. | Health Technology |
| Private companies | 17 |
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Automated Cell, Inc.
Automated Cell, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Automated Cell, Inc. provides drug discovery services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets. The company uses automated cell biology tools for improving the productivity of therapeutic development in cell therapy & drug discovery. It focuses on the development of monoclonal antibody therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by Raymond K. Houck & Dr. Paul DiMilla in 1998 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Health Technology |
Eleos, Inc.
 Eleos, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Eleos, Inc. developed therapeutic and cancer treatments services. The company was founded by Larry J. Smith in 2001 and was headquartered in Omaha, NE. | Health Technology |
Sundari LLC
 Sundari LLC Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Sundari LLC retails cosmetic products via the internet. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Distribution Services |
Morphochem, Inc.
Morphochem, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Morphochem, Inc. manufactures and develops drugs. It uses proprietary whole-cell high throughput screening systems to discover novel compounds of therapeutic value for disorders including cancer & immunological, infectious & metabolic diseases, and for applications in agriculture. The company was founded by Prabhavathi Fernandes in 1997 and is located in Monmouth Junction, NJ | Health Technology |
IEP GmbH
 IEP GmbH Chemicals: SpecialtyProcess Industries IEP GmbH develops and processes stereopures, stereopure alcohols and epoxides. It specializes in screening for new enzymes, molecular biology, enzymology and biocatalytic process development and protein chemistry, purification and characterization of enzymes from diverse genera. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany. | Process Industries |
TVM Capital Corp.
 TVM Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance TVM Capital Corp (TVM Capital) is a venture capital subsidary of TVM Capital GmbH founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Provid Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 Provid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provid Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides research services to the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. The private company is based in North Brunswick, NJ and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom. | Commercial Services |
Thar Technologies, Inc.
 Thar Technologies, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Thar Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures laboratory, pilot and process supercritical systems. It supplies supercritical fluid technology and equipment. The company was founded by Lalit Chordia in 1990 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Health Technology |
Indus Biotech Pvt Ltd.
 Indus Biotech Pvt Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Indus Biotech Pvt Ltd. develops and manufactures drugs for the treatment of chronic diseases. Its products include Torabolic, Testosurge, Biocreat and Testofen. The company was founded by Sunil Bhaskaran, Rajan Ramaswamy Srinivasan, and Kris Venkat in 1997 and is headquartered in Pune. India. | Health Technology |
| Aescula Pharma GmbH | |
| Pharmexx India Ltd. | |
Genomics USA, Inc.
Genomics USA, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Genomics USA, Inc. develops and fabricates microarray technologies to bypass. The private company is based in Tucson, AZ. | Commercial Services |
Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
 Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Strand Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. develops software for drug research. It offers developing and marketing of various diagnostics tests for cancer and hereditary diseases. The firm also offers liquid biopsy test, somatic test, hereditary cancer test and inherited diseases test. The company was founded by Vijay Chandru, Ramesh Hariharan, Srinivasan Seshadri, Vinay Vishwanathan and Swaminathan Manohar in 2000 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India. | Technology Services |
Transvivo, Inc.
 Transvivo, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Transvivo, Inc. supplied surgical and medical instruments. The company was headquartered in Napa, CA. | Health Technology |
Fabric Genomics, Inc.
 Fabric Genomics, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Fabric Genomics, Inc. operates as an analytical genome interpretation company. It develops scalable and fully integrated informatics systems specifically design to interpret human genome sequences for research and clinical applications. The company was founded by by Martin G. Reese, Edward S. Kiruluta, John Stuelpnagel, and Paul Billings and is headquartered in Oakland, CA. | Technology Services |
| Accentua Pharma AG | |
| Juelich Enzyme Products GmbH |
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