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Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Diane Tang-Liu, Ph.D., FAAPS, FCP
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Co-founder, CEO and Board Director, AiViva BioPharma, Inc.
Co-founder, Allgenesis, Inc.
Previously Diane has held various senior executive positions at Allergan, Inc. where she built and led R&D programs for 30 years. She is a full adjunct professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Regulatory and Quality Sciences at the University of Southern California and served as a full adjunct professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. She published extensively and holds many patents. Diane received many awards and is Elected fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and American College of Clinical Pharmacology.
Johnson Y.N. Lau, MBBS, MD, FRCP
Board of Director
Chief Executive Officer and Board Chairman of Athenex (ATNX), IPO for $75M in 2017, listed in Nasdaq.
Johnson was Chief Executive Officer, Ribapharm, IPO in 2002 for $299 M. It was listed in NYSE and the second largest biotech IPO in history at that time. Previously he was Head of Worldwide Research and Development, ICN Pharmaceuticals and Senior Director of Antiviral Therapy, Schering-Plough. He contributed more than 250 scientific publications and editorials/reviews/chapters.
Larry Hsu Ph.D.
Board of Director
Larry was Co-Founder, President and CEO of Impax Laboratories (IPXL) and led a reverse acquisition (1999). IPXL was listed in Nasdaq with a market cap of about $3 billion at the time of his retirement from the Impax.
Chairman & CEO, LifeMax Healthcare International.
Chairman & CEO, AmMax Bio.
Chairman & CEO, LifeMax Labs.
Chairman & CEO, LifeMax Biotechnology (Taiwan).
Under his leadership, Impax established partnerships with multiple companies including Teva, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Shire.
LifeMax Labs currently has a partnership with Novartis.
AmMax Bio currently has a partnership with Amgen.
Jinn Wu Ph.D.
Chairman & Director at AiViva Biopharma Inc.
Jinn was Founder and President of XenoBiotic Laboratories, Inc. (XBL) and XBL-China in Nanjing, China.
He served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ at Rutgers) and Adjunct Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Darlene Deecher, Ph.D.
Vice President Clinical Development
Dr. Deecher has more than 25 years of clinical development and pharmaceutical commercialization. She has led therapeutic portfolios in 3 major drug development sectors including Fortune 500-Pharmaceutical Companies. At Covance she was the strategic leader for phase II-IV trials/programs. She was Senior Vice President of Research, Development and Advocacy at a leading patient organization, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and led the women’s health research and development programs at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Pfizer) for over 15 years.
Shulin Ding, Ph.D.
Executive Director Pharmaceutical Development
Dr. Ding has more than 35 years of drug development and regulatory experience and has been a trailblazer in ophthalmic formulation development. She was Senior Formulation Scientist, Allergan Inc. and was the patent inventor for Restasis, a product achieving over $1 billion in annual sales. Later at Trimeris, Inc., she was responsible for pharmaceutical development of Fuzeon®, a lyophilized parenteral product approved in 2003 by the FDA for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. She was a CMC lead reviewer with the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 13 years.
Yi Zhao, MD, Ph.D.
Executive Director Preclinical Development
Dr. Zhao has more than 20 years of applied research experience in translating drug discovery findings to support human clinical testing. He held various scientific positions at Allergan and Vitae Pharmaceuticals. His effects led to clinical development of P450 RAI Inhibitor, 11β-HSD1 inhibitor, BACE inhibitor, RORγt inverse agonist, selective LXRβ agonist, and menin inhibitor for the treatment of dermatological, Type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s, auto immune disorders, and leukemias.
Shane Cerrato
Vice President Business Development
Mr. Cerrato has 20+ years of experience in life sciences encompassing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device space; with, successful leadership disciplines in corporate and business development, global commercial development, product launches, investor relations, strategic marketing and sales management. He has raised capital from international venture capital firms, closed strategic deals with large and small cap companies and led alliance management in cross-functional objectives. He has held progressive leadership positions at Solva Holdings, Bausch + Lomb, Allergan, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Serono Biotech, Salu Inc., and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.  He honorably served in the United States Marine Corps with multiple combat deployments in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and was an elite triathlete competing in Ironman distances including the World Championship in Hawaii.
Mr. Cerrato works full-time as an independent contractor for the Company.
Michael Dorsey
Director of Finance and Accounting
Michael Dorsey joined AiViva BioPharma in 2017 and currently holds the position of Director of Finance and Accounting.Â
He has a BS in Biology and Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio.