George Yancopoulos | |
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Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
Education | Columbia University (BA, MD, PhD) |
Occupation | Biomedical scientist |
Employer | Regeneron |
George D. Yancopoulos (born 1959) is a Greek-American biomedical scientist who is the co-founder, president and chief scientific officer of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.[1]
Yancopoulos is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and the holder of more than 100 patents.[2] He is a principal inventor and developer of Regeneron's ten FDA-approved or -authorized treatments, as well as of Regeneron's foundational technologies for target and drug development, such as its proprietary TRAP technology, and the VelociGene and VelocImmune antibody technologies.[3][4]