Bluejay Therapeutics, a private biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of cures for infectious diseases, has appointed Nancy Shulman, M.D., as chief medical officer, bringing over 20 years of clinical development experience with her to the company.
 
“Nancy is an experienced infectious disease clinician and expert clinical drug developer with successful track record in drug development including antivirals in both large pharmaceutical companies and startup biotech companies, and I am pleased to welcome her to the executive team,” said Keting Chu, M.D., Ph.D., founder and chief executive officer of Bluejay. “We will undoubtedly benefit from her prior experience leading the strategy and execution of both clinical research and clinical development across AbbVie’s infectious disease portfolio, as well as her experience advancing antivirals at Genentech/Roche.”

Experience

Prior to Bluejay, Shulman worked at Roche, Genentech, AbbVie, and most recently at Ambys Medicines, where she was the vice president of translational medicine. She brings broad clinical development experience ranging from first-in-human and translational studies through Phase 4 studies, including extensive experience in the virology/hepatology disease area, but also in immunology and oncology. She has been a part of multiple INDs and was a key leader on the NDA approvals of the HCV antivirals Viekira Pak, Viekirax and Mavyret.
 
Prior to joining industry, Shulman was an NIH-funded clinical/translational HIV researcher at Stanford University and was on the faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She holds a B.A. in Biochemistry with a minor in Chinese from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.D. from the University of Kansas. She completed her residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Chicago and her infectious disease fellowship at Stanford.
 
Shulman added, “I have dedicated a significant part of my career to the treatment of infectious diseases, working on numerous agents for chronic viral infections, as well as evaluating a number of strategic pipeline expansion opportunities for large biotech and pharma. I was excited to learn of the HBV therapeutics being developed at Bluejay with first- or best-in-class therapeutic potential, and I am eager to bring effective treatments to the patients in need.”