Bernard Davitian
Director/Board Member at LEXEO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Profile
Bernard Davitian is the founder of DNA Therapeutics SASU, which was founded in 2009.
He held the title of Director at DNA Therapeutics SASU in 2009.
Mr. Davitian is currently a Director at Vanqua Bio, Inc., Endeavor BioMedicines, Inc., Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc., and a Partner at Omega Fund Management LLC.
Mr. Davitian's former positions include Chief Executive Officer at Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2005 to 2006, Vice President & Managing Director at Sanofi Ventures from 2012 to 2019, and Director at Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc., KAHR Medical Ltd., and Lysosomal Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Davitian also served as a Director at Upstream Bio, Inc. from 2021 to 2023.
He was the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Transgene SA from 1995 to 2000 and the Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA from 2006 to 2010.
Mr. Davitian held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Sanofi Pasteur in 1994 and at Pasteur Merieux, Inc. from 1990 to 1994.
He was also the Chief Financial Officer at Fortel Invest Oy from 2000 to 2001.
Prior to his career in the biotech industry, Mr. Davitian worked as a Senior Auditor at Arthur Andersen LLP from 1984 to 1986.
Mr. Davitian received a graduate degree from EM Lyon Business School and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1994.
Bernard Davitian active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| LEXEO THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2020-10-31 |
Vanqua Bio, Inc.
 Vanqua Bio, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Vanqua Bio, Inc. engages in the provision of technology services. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Director/Board Member | 2021-07-31 |
Endeavor BioMedicines, Inc
 Endeavor BioMedicines, Inc Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Endeavor BioMedicines, Inc is a clinical stage company located in Solana Beach, CA, that develops novel therapies for fibrosis and oncology. The company's lead program, env-101, is a hedgehog signalling inhibitor currently in phase 2 studies treating IPF, a progressive interstitial lung disease that causes inflammation and scarring in the lung. The company's second program is a HER3-targeted ADC that will begin clinical development in 2024 for the treatment of multiple solid tumors. The company's mission is to develop transformative medicines by targeting the underlying genetic and cellular causes of disease with best in class agents. Endeavor is partnered with XCures and is currently looking at the LOF mutation. Regardless of eligibility for the Endeavor trial, XCures will still send a list of other treatment options that could work for the cancer mutation. The company was founded by Miguel A. de los Ríos and John Hood, with John Hood serving as the CEO since incorporation. | Director/Board Member | - |
Omega Fund Management LLC
 Omega Fund Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Omega Fund Management Ltd. (OFM) is the wholly-owned private equity firm founded by Dr. Otello Stampacchia in 2004. The firm is headquartered in the US. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-12-31 |
Former positions of Bernard Davitian
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Sanofi Ventures
 Sanofi Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Sanofi Ventures (Sanofi) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sanofi founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Chief Executive Officer | 2019-09-30 |
Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA
 Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Fovea operates within the ophthalmic pharmaceutical market, which is expected to grow at a double-digit annual rate during the years to come. This growth is likely to be driven by new technologies and products, premium pricing facing no significant reimbursement issues, favorable trends (aging of the population, diabetes epidemiology and environmental factors) and dramatic expansion into the large and mostly untapped market for retinal degenerative diseases. With a limited number of players, the ophthalmology market has proved recently to be an early adopter of innovations, allowing new players to gain visibility very rapidly. During the last three years, Fovea has implemented this strategy, by acquiring products from large pharmaceutical or biotech companies and is actively developing them in four different indications. It has also integrated a unique drug discovery platform and has been able to identify one preclinical candidate and several interesting new targets. | Director of Finance/CFO | 2010-12-30 |
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (United States)
 Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (United States) Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. designs and develops therapeutic systems for retinal diseases. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Cumberland, RI. | Chief Executive Officer | 2005-12-31 |
Fortel Invest Oy
 Fortel Invest Oy Investment ManagersFinance Fortel Invest Oy (Fortel Invest) is a private equity subsidiary of Sipila Family founded in 1995 by Juha Sipila. The firm is headquartered in Oulu, Finland. | Director of Finance/CFO | 2001-12-30 |
Training of Bernard Davitian
| EM Lyon Business School | Graduate Degree |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Masters Business Admin |
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| Listed companies | 2 |
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| TRANSGENE | Health Technology |
| LEXEO THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Health Technology |
| Private companies | 13 |
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Arthur Andersen LLP
 Arthur Andersen LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Commercial Services |
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (United States)
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (United States) Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. designs and develops therapeutic systems for retinal diseases. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Cumberland, RI. | Health Technology |
Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA
Fovea Pharmaceuticals SA Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Fovea operates within the ophthalmic pharmaceutical market, which is expected to grow at a double-digit annual rate during the years to come. This growth is likely to be driven by new technologies and products, premium pricing facing no significant reimbursement issues, favorable trends (aging of the population, diabetes epidemiology and environmental factors) and dramatic expansion into the large and mostly untapped market for retinal degenerative diseases. With a limited number of players, the ophthalmology market has proved recently to be an early adopter of innovations, allowing new players to gain visibility very rapidly. During the last three years, Fovea has implemented this strategy, by acquiring products from large pharmaceutical or biotech companies and is actively developing them in four different indications. It has also integrated a unique drug discovery platform and has been able to identify one preclinical candidate and several interesting new targets. | Health Technology |
Sanofi Ventures
Sanofi Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Sanofi Ventures (Sanofi) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sanofi founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Finance |
DNA Therapeutics SASU
 DNA Therapeutics SASU BiotechnologyHealth Technology DNA Therapeutics SA operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses in the research and development of life-saving therapeutics for treatment-resistant cancers. The company was founded by Jian-Sheng Sun and Marie Dutreix in June 2006 and is headquartered in Evry, France. | Health Technology |
Sanofi Pasteur
 Sanofi Pasteur BiotechnologyHealth Technology Sanofi Pasteur SA develops, manufactures and supplies vaccines. It provides vaccines for bacterial and viral diseases, including diphtheria, typhoid fever, and poliomyelitis. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Lyon, France. | Health Technology |
Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc.
 Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) and other diseases caused by an imbalance in the proteostasis network. The company was founded by William Balch, Jeffery W. Kelly, Andrew Dillin, Richard I. Morimoto, Alfred Lewis Goldberg, Daniel Finley, Christopher T. Walsh, and Randall W. King in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Health Technology |
KAHR Medical Ltd.
 KAHR Medical Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology KAHR Medical Ltd. develops novel fusion protein pharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Its drug pipeline is built around the signal converter proteins a unique class of multi-functional therapeutic agents that convert signals sent from one cell to another. The firm?s therapeutic proteins integrate two functional units, enabling each one to elicit multiple cooperative functional endpoints. The company was founded by Mark L. Tykocinski in 2005 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. | Health Technology |
Lysosomal Therapeutics, Inc.
 Lysosomal Therapeutics, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Lysosomal Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the innovation, research, and development in the field of neurodegeneration. It focuses in lysosomal biology in developing novel small molecules for use in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Dimitri Krainc, Joseph Mazzulli, Henri A. Termeer, Robert J. Carpenter, Peter Wirth, Edmund J. Sybertz, and Kees Cornelis Been in 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Health Technology |
Omega Fund Management LLC
Omega Fund Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Omega Fund Management Ltd. (OFM) is the wholly-owned private equity firm founded by Dr. Otello Stampacchia in 2004. The firm is headquartered in the US. | Finance |
Endeavor BioMedicines, Inc
Endeavor BioMedicines, Inc Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Endeavor BioMedicines, Inc is a clinical stage company located in Solana Beach, CA, that develops novel therapies for fibrosis and oncology. The company's lead program, env-101, is a hedgehog signalling inhibitor currently in phase 2 studies treating IPF, a progressive interstitial lung disease that causes inflammation and scarring in the lung. The company's second program is a HER3-targeted ADC that will begin clinical development in 2024 for the treatment of multiple solid tumors. The company's mission is to develop transformative medicines by targeting the underlying genetic and cellular causes of disease with best in class agents. Endeavor is partnered with XCures and is currently looking at the LOF mutation. Regardless of eligibility for the Endeavor trial, XCures will still send a list of other treatment options that could work for the cancer mutation. The company was founded by Miguel A. de los Ríos and John Hood, with John Hood serving as the CEO since incorporation. | Commercial Services |
Vanqua Bio, Inc.
Vanqua Bio, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Vanqua Bio, Inc. engages in the provision of technology services. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. | Commercial Services |
Fortel Invest Oy
Fortel Invest Oy Investment ManagersFinance Fortel Invest Oy (Fortel Invest) is a private equity subsidiary of Sipila Family founded in 1995 by Juha Sipila. The firm is headquartered in Oulu, Finland. | Finance |
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