Atelerix Life Sciences

Our Team

Board of Directors

The Atelerix Life Sciences Team is experienced in small molecule bio-technology, and has the drive to bring new drugs to market.

William Akridge,
Chairman

  • Founder, Akridge Ventures

 

Peter Barton Hutt, LL.B
Director & Senior Thought Leader

  • Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP, specializing in Food and Drug Law
  • Former General Counsel to the FDA
  • Served on Board for 30+ biotech companies
  • Harvard Law food & drug law teacher since 1994
  • Member, National Academy of Medicine since 1971
 

Scientific Co-Founders

Benjamin Gaston, MD

Co-Inventor of the novel platform technology
NIH and foundation funded for platform technology development
Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Translational Research, Herman B Wells Center, Indiana University School of Medicine

James Bates, MD/PhD

Co-Inventor of the novel platform technology
Former practicing anesthesiologist, University of Iowa
Ph.D., Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, University of California-Santa Barbara
MD, Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine

Stephen Lewis, PhD

Co-Inventor of the novel platform technology
NIH and foundation funded for platform technology development
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine