Executive in Residence at the Center for Integration of Science and Industry at Bentley University
Mike Boss has been a leader in the biotechnology industry for more than 30 years as a scientist and senior executive. As a group leader at Celltech, he was lead inventor of the landmark “Boss patent,” which enabled genetic engineering and manufacture of recombinant, monoclonal antibodies and generated >$1 billion in revenues. Dr. Boss co-founded Oros Instruments, a successful developer of protein purification equipment that was acquired by Biotage. He subsequently joined Genica Pharmaceuticals as Vice President of Research and Development and later Vice President of Operations, where he had a central role in building Genica (renamed Athena Diagnostics) into the leading developer of neurological and genetic tests. Later, Boss held the position of Vice President, Corporate Office of Technology, at Elan Corporation and Chief Operating Officer of Xanthus Pharmaceuticals Inc., leading its acquisition by Antisoma, where he continued in senior executive positions. For the past five years, Boss has led the program at Summit Therapeutics, Inc. as Chief Technology Officer to develop a therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Under his leadership the program progressed from pre-clinical to a proof-of-concept Phase 2 trial. He has a BSc and PhD from London University and an MBA from London Business School, trained in immunology at ICRF London with Dr. Mel Greaves and Dr. Martin Raff, and was a post-doctoral fellow with Dr. David Baltimore at the Center for Cancer Research at MIT.