DAS Therapeutics is a privately funded clinical stage pharmaceutical company.

Raimonds Dzelme; MBA

Raimonds has worked in a broad range of roles within healthcare for the duration of his 20+ year career. In the earlier years of his career he worked at Cooper & Lybrand (PwC) as a management consultant, followed by a few commercial roles at Eli Lilly and Company. More recently he has held senior commercial leadership roles in companies such as Collegium and Lundbeck, where Raimonds has brought a disciplined approach to strategic planning with focused execution.

Raimonds has launched numerous products across multiple therapeutic areas, including rare neurologic diseases. Additionally, Raimonds led agency teams at Palio, Saatchi & Saatchi, and TargetRx, where he closely collaborated with clients on numerous complex launches. Raimonds has worked across the US and in Europe.

He holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BS in Business from the University of the Pacific.

Christina Cognata Smith; PharmD, MBA

Christina has over 20 years of research and development experience. Christina’s R&D experience has primarily focused on clinical development and medical application of pharmaceuticals, devices, and biologics.

Christina has held leadership positions with responsibilities for various R&D functions across multiple therapeutic areas, both within leading global pharmaceutical companies Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Sanofi Genzyme, as well as in specialty pharmaceutical companies, such as Medicis and Pacira. Christina has a strong track record spanning early clinical development through to commercialization, holding key roles in bringing first in class indications and breakthrough therapies to market in the US. She also has direct and cross functional leadership experience in regulatory affairs, commercialization, and reimbursement.

Christina earned her PharmD at St. Louis College of Pharmacy and completed her residency in internal medicine with an emphasis in critical care at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Illinois. She completed her MBA at Lindenwood University. She has authored publications and presented at national and international congresses.

Mike Nemmers; MBA, MSF

Michael has developed innovative commercial strategies and led high performing teams within healthcare, most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Accounts at Eversana. Prior to joining Eversana, he spent time with Lundbeck and Hospira developing deep expertise in global commercial operations and business development. His experience spans the full product lifecycle from leading numerous acquisitions, in-licensings, and divestitures to launching new products as both a sales and marketing leader. He has held global and regional roles supporting a broad range of therapeutic areas including neurology, oncology, and biologics.

Michael is a patient advocate and early childhood education champion with a strong record of community engagement and impact through advising and fundraising.

He holds an MBA and an MS in Finance from DePaul and a BS in Management from Purdue University.

Raimonds Dzelme; MBA

Kathleen Clarence-Smith; MD, PhD

Dr. Clarence-Smith is a neurologist whose career has been dedicated to identifying, selecting, and shepherding pharmaceuticals from early development stages onto the market. She has worked in senior positions in large pharmaceutical companies (Sanofi, Roche, Otsuka) and more recently founded and raised money to start several pharmaceutical companies.

Frederic Krohn; MBA

Over 20 years of corporate finance and pharmaceutical industry experience at Credit Suisse, Novartis and CureVac where he led several transformative transactions as well as product development and launches. More recently he focused on the creation of start-up companies dedicated to the late-stage development of specialty pharmaceuticals.