Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 13
Number of Founded Organizations 4
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Thompson is currently a Venture Partner with OrbiMed who brings over 20 years of industry experience. He co-founded and was CEO of Trubion Pharmaceuticals and co-founded Cleave BioSciences. In addition to Principia Biopharma, Dr. Thompson serves on the Boards of Cleave BioSciences, Anthera, Methylgene and Response Biomedical. He was an executive

of Chiron Corporation and Becton Dickinson.

Dr. Thompson is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awardee, an Affiliate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Washington, an inventor on numerous patents, and a board-certified internist and oncologist. He was on staff at the National Cancer Institute following his internal medicine training at Yale University. Dr. Thompson received ScB and MD degrees from Brown University.

Number of Current Jobs 3
Number of Past Jobs 5
Peter Thompson has 3 current jobs including Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO at Silverback Therapeutics, Private Equity Partner at OrbiMed, and Co-Founder at Cleave Therapeutics. Additionally, Peter Thompson has had 5 past jobs including Medical Staff Fellow at National Institutes of Health.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
National Institutes of Health
Medical Staff Fellow19851992
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Owner and CEO
Chiron Corporation
Executive
Trubion Pharmaceuticals
Co-Founder & CEO
Becton Dickinson India
Executive
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 13
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Peter Thompson holds 13 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Sionna Therapeutics, Board Member at Synthorx, and Board of Directors at Alpine Immune Sciences.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Anthera Pharmaceuticals
Board MemberFeb 1, 2011May 16, 2013
Peter Thompson studied at Brown University and Warren Alpert Medical School.