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MENLO PARK, Calif. – Frazier Life Sciences announced the addition of Jan Møller Mikkelsen as a Senior Advisor. He has over 30 years of experience as a biopharmaceutical executive. Mr. Mikkelsen founded Ascendis Pharma (NASDAQ: ASND) and currently serves as full-time President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a board member. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of LifeCycle Pharma A/S (acquired by Asahi Kasei Pharma), as well as President of the Pharmaceutical Division of Maxygen, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Mikkelsen co-founded ProFound Pharma A/S (acquired by Maxygen, Inc.), where he served as Co-Chief Executive Officer. He has also held various positions at Novo Nordisk A/S, including Vice President of Protein Discovery. In addition, Mr. Mikkelsen serves as Chairman of the board of directors for Hummingbird Bioscience.

Mr. Mikkelsen received a Cand. Scient. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Odense, Denmark, and pursued his post-doctoral research at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, CA. “I have known Jan for many years and am very excited to have him join Frazier,” said Managing Partner Albert Cha. “He is a highly experienced biopharmaceutical executive, and we look forward to working with him to identify and evaluate attractive life sciences investment opportunities.”

About Frazier Life Sciences
Frazier Life Sciences invests globally in private and publicly-traded companies that discover, develop, and commercialize innovative biopharmaceuticals. Frazier Life Sciences funds comprise over $3.3 billion in capital raised, including venture funds focusing on company creation and private companies, and a public fund focused on small and mid-cap public companies. Since 2005, 62 Frazier Life Sciences portfolio companies, many of which were created or seeded by Frazier, have completed IPOs or M&As. The Frazier Life Sciences team consists of over 40 professionals with deep expertise in biopharmaceuticals, primarily located in Menlo Park, California (headquarters), San Diego, Seattle, Boston, New York, and London.

For more information about Frazier Life Sciences, please visit www.frazierls.com.

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Frazier Life Sciences
Kate Schykerynec
Phone: 650.325.5156
Email: kate@frazierls.com

MENLO PARK, Calif. – Frazier Life Sciences announced the addition of Annette Doherty, Ph.D., OBE, FRSC, as a Senior Advisor. She has 35 years of international experience as a chemist and leader of pharmaceutical research and development divisions and has been directly involved in leading the development and launch of over 30 new medicines in a range of therapeutic areas, including respiratory, infectious diseases, oncology and immunology.

Most recently, Dr. Doherty was Senior Vice President, Product Development and Supply at GSK. Prior to GSK, she was Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Pfizer Global Research and Development site in Connecticut. Dr. Doherty was formally Senior Vice President, Site and Research leader at the Pfizer Global Research and Development site in Sandwich, Kent, UK. She has lived and worked in the US, France and the UK, leading global teams of up to 2000 scientists.

Dr. Doherty has considerable experience serving on Boards of private, public, charity, and educational institutions, including the UK Medical Research Council, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, and charities, including LifeArc and the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2013, she was honoured as a Distinguished Woman in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. She was formerly an Editor-in-Chief of the American Chemistry Society (ACS) publication series called Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry for seven years and was elected chairman of the American Chemical Society, Division of Medicinal Chemistry.

Dr. Doherty received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Imperial College, London, UK. She conducted postdoctoral research at Ohio State University under a NATO fellowship award. Dr. Doherty has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and has been a co-inventor on over 30 patents. In 2009, she was awarded an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of her services to the pharmaceutical sector.

In addition to her role at Frazier, Dr. Doherty is currently a Non-Executive Director at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS (National Health Service) Foundation Trust. She has also recently been elected as the next President of the Royal Society of Chemistry. “We are thrilled to have someone of Annette’s caliber join our team,” said Managing Partner Patrick Heron. “She is a highly successful drug developer with a wealth of experience across multiple therapeutic areas and geographies. We look forward to working with her to continue to develop innovative therapeutics that meet unmet medical needs.”

About Frazier Life Sciences
Frazier Life Sciences invests globally in private and publicly-traded companies that discover, develop, and commercialize innovative biopharmaceuticals. Frazier Life Sciences funds comprise over $3.3 billion in capital raised, including venture funds focusing on company creation and private companies, and a public fund focused on small and mid-cap public companies. Since 2005, 62 Frazier Life Sciences portfolio companies, many of which were created or seeded by Frazier, have completed IPOs or M&As.

The Frazier Life Sciences team consists of over 40 professionals with deep expertise in biopharmaceuticals, primarily located in Menlo Park, California (headquarters), San Diego, Seattle, Boston, New York, and London.

For more information about Frazier Life Sciences, please visit www.frazierls.com.

Press Contacts
Frazier Life Sciences
Kate Schykerynec
Phone: 650.325.5156
Email: kate@frazierls.com