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CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a NASDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products. CASI has built a portfolio that includes approved and investigational assets. We conduct our commercial, clinical operations and R&D activities through our subsidiaries in China and branch office in Rockville, Maryland.

Focused on the market in Hematology/oncology Area

Maintain Targeted Market Share in Stem Cell Transplant Field

Commercialize Domestic Developed CD19 Directed CAR-T

Build R&D Production Facility

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History
2012
Company name changed to CASI
2014
Licensed in 3 clinical/commercial assets EVOMELA® , MARQIBO® , ZEVALIN®
2018
Launched R&D Production Site
EVOMELA® NMPA Approval
2019
EVOMELA® commercially launch in China
Licensed in CID-103
Licensed in CNCT-19
2020
Licensed in BI-1206
Licensed in Thiotepa
2021
Licensed in CB-5339
2022
Wuxi site obtained GSP distribution certificate
Over 10,000 patients treated with EVOMELA® in China
2023
More BD deals and NDAs expected
2012
2014
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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Board of Directors
Wei-Wu He, Ph.D., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Dr. He has served as chairman to the board of directors and CEO of CASI since April 2, 2019. Dr. He served as executive chairman of CASI from February 23, 2018 to April 2, 2019, as chairman to the board of directors of CASI from May 2013 to February 23, 2018, and as executive chairman from February 2012 to May 2013. He also is the founder and general partner of Emerging Technology Partners, LLC, a life sciences focused venture fund established in 2000. Dr. He has been involved in founding or funding over 100 biotech companies throughout his career, some of which went on to be acquired by significantly larger firms. In the earlier part of his career, Dr. He was one of the first few scientists at Human Genome Sciences, and prior to that, was a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mayo Clinic. Dr. He is an author to more than 25 research publications and inventor of over 30 issued patents. Dr. He received his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine and MBA from The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.
Y. Alexander Wu, Ph.D.
Dr. Wu has been a director of CASI since April 2013. From 2006 to 2017, Dr. Wu was co-founder and chief executive officer of Crown Bioscience, Inc., a drug discovery and preclinical research organization in the oncology sector with over 600 employees, which was acquired by JSR for over $400 million in 2017. Before co-founding Crown Bioscience, Dr. Wu was chief business officer of Starvax International Inc., a biopharmaceutical R&D company focusing on the development of novel therapeutic drugs for the treatment of infectious disease and cancer. Prior to Starvax, he was the head of Asian Operations with Burrill & Company, a life science venture capital and merchant bank. Dr. Wu also co-founded and was chief operating officer of Unimicro Technologies, a life science instrumentation company. He started his career with Hoffmann-La Roche, where he was manager of business development and strategic planning. Dr. Wu obtained his B.S. in biochemistry from Fudan University, China, a M.S. in biochemistry from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in molecular cell biology and MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Zhenbo Su
Mr. Su has extensive experiences in the bioscience industry, and he has been a well-known investor in the life-science industry. Mr. Su is currently a partner of Guangzhou Redhill Capital Investment Management Co., Ltd, a leading life-science focused venture capital firm based in Guangzhou, which he co-founded in 2018. Prior to Mr. Su’s efforts in Redhill, he has served as the managing partner of Shenzhen Shared Investment Medical Fund since 2013. Mr. Su has served as an executive director of multiple companies in bioscience industry, such as TCRCure, Genetron, Medprint, Juventus, Hocermed, Polyrey, Pandamed, Light Vision and Meyer FSMP. Before Mr. Su started his career in investment, he was a director at Alcon China, a Novartis company, from 2007 to 2012. Earlier in Mr. Su’s career, he once worked at Johnson & Johnson in medical branch. Mr. Su holds a bachelor’s degree in medicine from Guangdong College of Medicine, a master’s degree in public healthcare policy and medical law from Sun Yat-sen University, and MBA from the University of Chicago.
Thomas Folinsbee
Mr. Folinsbee, CFA, has over 25 years of experience as a financial and securities professional. Mr. Folinsbee has been the business development consultant of Shanghai Alebund Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a China-based pharmaceutical company, since 2019, where he is responsible for pharmaceutical inlicensing and outlicensing transactions. Prior to joining Alebund, Mr. Folinsbee was director of corporate development of the strategic investment division of 3SBio Inc., a biotechnology company, from 2009 to 2019, focusing on sourcing business development opportunities in Canada, Australia, and Japan, and he was a member of the management group that delisted 3SBio from Nasdaq in May 2013 and relisted it on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in June 2016. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Folinsbee also served as independent director of Bison Capital Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company that acquired Xynomic Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. in 2019. Mr. Folinsbee continued to serve as independent director and was a member of the audit and compensation committees after the acquisition. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Folinsbee also worked for Hisanaga Seisakusho Co. Ltd., a Japanese manufacturing company. Before joining 3SBio Inc., Mr. Folinsbee also worked at Macquarie Equities, BNP Paribas and Optivest Systems Ltd. Mr. Folinsbee graduated in 1990 from McGill University with a bachelor of commerce degree concentrating in finance and international business.
Xuebo Zeng
Mr. Zeng has been an executive director at IDG Capital since 2016, focusing on the investment in drug development, biotechnology, diagnostic devices and medical services. Mr. Zeng started his career in quality control department of Guilin Pharma in 2008 and soon became an investment manager specialized in life sciences investments. Prior to joining IDG Capital, he worked as an investment manager in two other famous private equity firms in China from 2010 to 2016. Mr. Zeng is a member of the board of directors of a number of private and listed companies, including Shanghai Model Organisms and Kelun-Biotech. Mr. Zeng received a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Qinghai Nationalities University, China.
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Executive Team
Wei-Wu He, Ph.D.
Wei-Wu He, Ph.D.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Dr. He has served as chairman to the board of directors and CEO of CASI since 2019, as executive chairman from February 2018, and as chairman from February 2012.

 

Prior to CASI, Dr. He was chairman and CEO of OriGene. He also is the founder and general partner of Emerging Technology Partners, LLC, a life sciences focused venture fund established in 2000. Dr. He has been involved in founding or funding over 100 biotech companies throughout his career, some of which went on to be acquired by significantly larger firms. In the earlier part of his career, Dr. He was one of the first few scientists at Human Genome Sciences, and prior to that, was a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Mayo Clinic.

 

Dr. He is an author to more than 25 research publications and inventor of over 30 issued patents. Dr. He received his Ph.D. from Baylor College of Medicine and MBA from The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.

Larry Zhang
Larry Zhang
Global President

Mr. Zhang joined CASI in September 2018 as President of CASI (Beijing) Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., which is a subsidiary of CASI, and became Global President of CASI in September 2019.

 

Mr. Zhang has more than 20 years of management experience in the healthcare and biopharmaceutical industries in the U.S., Asia Pacific, and China. Prior to joining CASI, Mr. Zhang was Vice President, Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Responsibility at Novartis Group (China), focusing on the public affairs/public relations strategy, including initiating Novartis' China policy focusing on NMPA new drug approval reform, intellectual property protection, generic quality consistency evaluation and new regulations on biosimilars. From 2011 to 2016, he was Chief Executive Officer of Sandoz Pharmaceutical (China), a Novartis Company. Mr. Zhang has also held executive leadership roles with Bayer Healthcare and Baxter International Corporation in the U.S. and Asia Pacific.

 

He holds bachelor and master degrees in nuclear physics from University of Science & Technology of China, an MBA in marketing/finance from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and received Ph.D. training in political science from University of Utah.

Alexander A. Zukiwski, M.D.
Alexander A. Zukiwski, M.D.
Global Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Zukiwski joined CASI in April 2017 as Global Chief Medical Officer.

 

Prior to joining CASI, Dr. Zukiwski was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Arno Therapeutics, responsible for leading the clinical development and regulatory affairs teams to support the company's pipeline. Prior to Arno, Dr. Zukiwski served as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Clinical Research at MedImmune. Prior to MedImmune, Dr. Zukiwski held several roles of increasing responsibility at Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J,) . Before joining J&J, he served in clinical oncology positions at pharmaceutical companies such as Hoffmann-LaRoche, Glaxo Wellcome and Rhone- Poulenc Rorer.

 

Dr. Zukiwski has more than 20 years of experience in global drug development and supported the clinical evaluation and registration of many successful oncology therapeutic agents, including Taxotere®, Xeloda®, Procrit®/Eprex®, Velcade®, Yondelis®, and Doxil®

 

Dr. Zukiwski holds a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of Alberta and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Calgary. He conducted his post-graduate training at St. Thomas Hospital Medical Center in Akron, Ohio and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

James Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
James Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
Chief Business Development Officer

Dr. Goldschmidt joined CASI in April 2016 as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Currently he serves as Chief Business Development Officer.

 

Before joining CASI, he held senior positions at several biopharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth/Pfizer, and GSK. Dr. Goldschmidt brings more than 25 years of commercial and business development experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors and had direct leadership responsibilities for the development, launch and brand marketing of numerous products including Velcade®, Yondelis®, Mylotarg®, Torisel®, Hycamtin®, and Doxil®.

 

Dr. Goldschmidt is a graduate of Villanova University and went on to receive a master’s degree from Drexel University and Ph.D. from Temple University School of Medicine.

Chunhua Wang
Chunhua Wang
Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Wang has been Chief Operation Officer of CASI since 2018. 

 

Ms. Wang has more than 20 years of experience in operation management in international companys. Prior to joining CASI, Ms. Wang  was once the vice president of Vcanbio and Marsh & McLennan Companies, responsible for business reorganization, as well as establishment and optimization of the operational system. Ms. Wang has also held executive leadership roles with Schneider Electric SA and Tyco Healthcare. 

 

Ms. Wang holds a bachelor's degree in Metallurgy from China Northeastern University, and master's degree in economics from Renmin University of China.

Kun Qian
Kun Qian
Global Controller

Ms. Qian has been CASI's Global Controller and vice president since January 2022. 

 

Ms. Qian has more than 17 years of experience in global financial operations and financial management of US and Hong Kong listed companies. Prior to joining CASI, she once served as financial director in Guazi.com, and as chief accounting officer at Wanda Sports Group and completed its initial public offering in Nasdaq. She also had worked in international finance department at Weichai Group and as a senior audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, Beijing office and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore office.

 

Ms. Qian received a bachelor's degree in Management from University of International Business and Economics. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New Hampshire and a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Qian also qualifies as a Certified Public Accountant in China and a Chartered Professional Accountant in Canada.

Wei Gao
Wei Gao
General Counsel

Ms. Gao has been serving as CASI's General Counsel since January 2023. Prior to her current position, Ms. Gao was legal director since December 2020.

 

Ms. Gao has more than 15 years of experience in legal affairs and has served as legal counsultant of several well-known foreign enterprises including Medtronic Beijing, Syngenta Beijing, and Caterpillar. Earlier in her career, Ms. Gao worked as a litigation lawyer specializing international business dispute resolution in Commerce & Finance Law Offices. 

 

Ms. Gao received her bachelor's degree in Economic Law from Jilin University and LL.M. degree in International Business Law from the University of Manchester.

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