Kamran Tavangar

Head of Science and Partnerships at LabCentral

Speaker

Kamran Tavangar is the Head of Science and Partnerships at the biotech launchpad, LabCentral. He has over thirty years of industry experience in both multinational pharmaceutical companies and biotech startups. Kamran held numerous leadership positions at Novartis, including Head of Strategic Planning for Novartis Pharma, Head of Novartis Oncology Australia, and Head of Global Marketing at Novartis Vaccines. Prior to joining LabCentral, he was co-founder and COO of Affinivax (vaccines), and CEO of Atias Pharma (therapeutics). Kamran holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, a PhD in Physiology from Stanford University, and an AB in Molecular Biology from the University of California, Berkeley.