Organizing Committee Member
Syed Askari
CEO
Maculus Therapeutix
USA
Biography
Syed Askari, PhD, is the Founder, President and CEO of Maculus Therapeutix, an ENT medical device/drug delivery company. Previously he founded Medicus Biosciences, and launched two wound healing products, SutureSeal and HyFlex.Syed holds more than 25 patents/patents applications. Syed has a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of British Columbia and has completed his post doctoral work at UCLA and UCSB under Prof Wudl and Prof Heeger Nobel Laureate (year 2000) labs.
Research Area
Syed's technical expertise and area of research include localized drug delivery technology to treat multiple clinical indications using in vivo polymerizable biomaterials.