Primary Job Title President Research and Development and Co-Founder Primary Organization January Therapeutics
Location San Diego, California, United States Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Jason Kahana is co-founder and President, Research and Development at January Therapeutics. He has 18 years of experience specializing in discovery and pharmacology for small/large molecules in oncology. His experience includes directing oncology research efforts at GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Takeda Pharmaceutical, and Celgene. Jason has
managed all phases of preclinical development ranging from target identification/validation to development candidate/IND filing; ultimately resulting in 3 compounds reaching human clinical trials. Previously he also founded Integrity BioSolutions, a San Diego-based biotechnology drug discovery and development company with reagents, cell lines, and instrumentation for the bioprocess industry. Jason received his B.A. in Mathematics from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Cellular and Developmental Biology from Harvard Medical School, with postdoctoral training at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. He also serves on the National Cancer Institute’s Experimental Therapeutics section.
