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Dr. Khare founded ImmunGene in 2008, where he has been serving as a President and CEO. Previously, Dr. Khare spent almost 9 years at Amgen Inc with increasing responsibility to Scientific Director in the department of Inflammation/Immunology. While at Amgen, Dr. Khare co-discovered key immune co-stimulatory molecules such as B7RP1 and B cell activating Factor (e.g. BAFF). Dr. Khare led several drug discovery programs related to immune cell costimulation and bifunctional molecules to optimize therapeutics. Dr. Khare is co-inventor of several patents while working in Amgen and as an advisor to the start up Biotech companies. Several of these inventions have resulted in more than US$1B potential deals from large Pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Khare coauthored more than 50 scientific papers, abstracts and edited a book on TNF superfamily. Dr. Khare has successfully capitalized ImmunGene from Angel investors, VC fundings, non-profit organization (LLS) and the NIH-SBIR. Sanjay received his Ph.D. in Immunology at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India and did his postdoctoral fellowship in the Immunology department at the Mayo Clinic and Medical School. He is a recipient of ASHI scholar award in 1997.