Le Lézard
Classified in: Health, Science and technology
Subject: Personnel

ChromaTantm Appoints Dr. Rajiv Datar as New CEO


ChromaTanTM announced today that Dr. Rajiv Datar has been appointed the new President & CEO of the company. A bioentrepreneur with over 25 years C-level experience in bioprocessing and drug development, Dr. Datar succeeds Oleg Shinkazh, the Founder of ChromaTan, who will continue as its Chief Technology Officer to focus on advancing the field of integrated continuous bioprocessing.

Recently, Dr. Datar was the Co-Founder & CEO of a biotech startup that developed an early-stage asset, which was acquired by a Global Top-5 Biopharma Company.

"It was immediately clear that Dr. Datar was the right fit," said Steve Carpenter, Chair of the Board of Directors' compensation committee. "The board of ChromaTan is so pleased to have Dr. Datar join the company in this role. We've been aware of his work and experience. Several of Dr. Datar's projects in which he either participated or headed, are currently in the market either as bioprocessing equipment or as life-saving drugs and we know he will lead us into a new era."

"ChromaTan has reached an inflection point in its journey," said Oleg Shinkazh, Founder & CTO. "We doubled our headcount in 2023 in preparation of the official launch of our bench-top, continuous countercurrent tangential chromatography platform, KascadeTM, at the 2023 Bioprocess international Conference and Exhibition in Boston, MA. We're excited to embrace the leadership and the dual experiences of biopharmaceutical development and bioprocessing that Dr. Datar brings to ChromaTan."

Dr. Datar completed his post-Doctoral studies in Biochemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, and his Doctoral studies in Bioprocess Technology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. His work experience spans Fortune 100 and 500 companies, and four biotech and bioprocessing startups.

"ChromaTan's vision is to revolutionize bioprocessing productivity through transformational next generation biomanufacturing solutions," said Dr. Datar. "Our aim is to empower biopharmaceutical manufacturers with the first-ever, columnless, single-use continuous chromatography platform for the cost-effective production of life-savings therapies, and this is about as exciting an opportunity as they come to achieving this goal."

About ChromaTanTM

ChromaTanTM, a privately held bioprocessing and biotools company, has created a novel purification system called Continuous Countercurrent Tangential Chromatography (CCTC). It has been shown to cut in half the cost of biologics purification while offering significantly higher yields for gene therapies. ChromaTan's customer list includes pharmaceutical giants Merck, Roche, and Takeda, in addition to several startups at the cutting edge of biopharmaceutical innovation. The company is working to enable the next generation of gene therapies, antibodies, and nanomedicines. For more information, visit www.chromatan.com.


These press releases may also interest you

at 19:00
Set Forth, Inc. ("Forth") and Centrex Software, Inc. ("Centrex"), are notifying individuals of a data security incident that may have impacted consumer personal information. Forth and Centrex provide cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM)...

at 18:35
Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that on November 8, 2024, the Compensation Committee of Mirum's Board of Directors granted inducement awards consisting of non-qualified stock options to purchase 56,100 shares of common stock and 28,050...

at 18:20
Videotron Ltd. ("Videotron") today announced the closing of its issuance and sale of US$700 million aggregate principal amount of 5.700% Senior Notes due January 15, 2035 as previously announced on November 4, 2024 (the "Notes"). "A few months after...

at 18:10
One of a Kind Coins is thrilled to announce a four-day exclusive auction event, offering collectors and enthusiasts a chance to own some of the rarest coins on the market. With millions of dollars of inventory, this auction will feature the historic...

at 18:01
Pluribus Technologies Corp. ("Pluribus" or the "Company") announces an amendment (the "Amendment") to the previously-announced forbearance agreement (the "Second Forbearance Agreement") dated August 14, 2024 between the Company and National Bank of...

at 18:00
Euro Sun Mining Inc., ("Euro Sun" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed the first tranche (the "First Tranche") of its previously announced non-brokered private placement financing of units of the Company (the "Offering")....



News published on and distributed by: