George A. Scangos

Background

Scangos, George A. was born in 1948.

Education

Bachelor in Biology, Cornell University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Microbiology, University Massachusetts.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow Yale University, New Haven. Professor biology Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1981—1987. With Bayer Corporation, 1987—1993.

President Bayer Biotechnology, 1993—1996. President, Chief Executive Officer Exelixis, Inc., South San Francisco, California, 1996—2010. Non-executive chairman Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2005.

Chief Executive Officer Biogen Idec. Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2010. Board directors Exelixis Inc., 1996—2010, Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., 2000—2005, Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., since 2003, Biogen Idec Inc., since 2010.

Vice chairman California Healthcare Institute, since 2009. Board member Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Development. Adjunct professor biology Johns Hopkins University.

National board visitors University California Davis School Medicine.

Achievements

• George A. Scangos has been listed as a noteworthy biotechnology company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board visitors University California, San Francisco School Pharmacy.