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Gilles Tapolsky, Ph.D.
Cheif Scientific Officer
Dr. Tapolsky brings over 20 years of experience in corporate management,
research and pharmaceutical development to ACT. In this newly created
position, he will be responsible for the leadership of all pre-clinical
and clinical development activities.
Prior to joining ACT, Dr. Tapolsky served as Vice President,
Product Development at Tapestry Pharmaceuticals of Boulder,
Colorado. In this position, he led the development of new
anti-cancer agents, designing and implementing pre-clinical
studies of multiple compounds.
He was also
a member of the clinical development group and supported
all clinical studies. Previously, Dr. Tapolsky was Vice
President, Research & Development
at FeRx Incorporated where he was responsible for building
that company’s
drug discovery efforts and evaluating business development
opportunities. He was awarded several NIH grants to further
explore the use of the MTC
technology for the targeted delivery of anti-cancer agents.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Tapolsky was Director, Product
Development at ViroTex
where he conceived and developed the BEMA® and MCA® technologies.
Further development of these technologies resulted in the
successful development of several products, as well as
the implementation of a number of corporate
collaborations. Before joining ViroTex, Dr. Tapolsky held
several senior Research and Development positions at Flamel
Technologies, in Lyon, France,
that he helped co-found. He started his career as a research
scientist in the materials science department of Rhone-Poulenc
Rhorer where he contributed
to the design, synthesis and characterization of novel
products. Dr. Tapolsky holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry for the
University of Paris as well as an MBA
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