CHARLES COHEN, PH.D. - Corporate Board Profile

EXELIXIS, INC.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2017-04-13	Charles Cohen, Ph.D., age 66, has been a director since November 1995. ... Committee membership in 2016 through December 15, 2016, was as follows: Charles Cohen, Ph.D. - Member of Audit Committee, Chair of Compensation Committee, Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Director Compensation Table shows total compensation of $210,699.
2018-04-12	Charles Cohen, Ph.D., has been a director since November 1995. Dr. Cohen is an independent investor and since March 2015, has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Perform Biologics, Inc., a private biotechnology start-up company. ... Our Board has concluded that Dr. Cohen should continue to serve as a director of Exelixis as of the date of this Proxy Statement due to his training as a scientist, his knowledge and experience with respect to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, his broad leadership experience resulting from service on various boards and as a chief executive officer, and his knowledge and experience with respect to finance matters. ... Committee membership in 2017 was as follows: Charles Cohen, Ph.D. - Member of Audit Committee, Chair of Compensation Committee, Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. ... Director Compensation Table shows total compensation of $328,001 for fiscal 2017.
2019-04-11	Charles Cohen, Ph.D., has been a director since November 1995. Dr. Cohen is an independent investor and since March 2015, has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Perform Biologics, Inc., a private biotechnology start-up company. Previously, Dr. Cohen served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of On Target Therapeutics, LLC, a private biotechnology start-up company, from June 2015 to June 2017. From May 2007 to December 2015, Dr. Cohen was a managing director of Synthesis Capital (formerly Advent Healthcare Ventures), a venture capital firm. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Cohen was Vice President of Advent International, a global private equity firm. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Cohen was the Chief Executive Officer of Cellzome AG, a post-genomics biotechnology company. Prior to that time, Dr. Cohen co-founded Creative BioMolecules, Inc., a biotechnology company, in 1982 and was one of its directors and its Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1995. Dr. Cohen served as a member of the board of directors of the following publicly-held companies: Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient care by developing novel medicines for the treatment of hepatitis C, from 2000 to 2005; and Anesiva, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel pharmaceutical products for pain management from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Cohen also served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Cellzome AG, prior to its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline in May 2012, and as the Chief Executive Officer of several other companies. Dr. Cohen received his Ph.D. from New York University School of Medicine.
2020-04-09	Charles Cohen, Ph.D., has been a director since November 1995. Dr. Cohen is an independent investor and from March 2015 to May 2019, he served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Perform Biologics, Inc., a privately held biotechnology start-up company. Previously, Dr. Cohen served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of On Target Therapeutics, LLC, a privately held biotechnology start-up company, from June 2015 to June 2017. From May 2007 to December 2015, Dr. Cohen was a managing director of Synthesis Capital (formerly Advent Healthcare Ventures), a venture capital firm. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Cohen was Vice President of Advent International, a global private equity firm. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Cohen was the Chief Executive Officer of Cellzome AG, a post-genomics biotechnology company. Prior to that time, Dr. Cohen co-founded Creative BioMolecules, Inc., a biotechnology company, in 1982 and was one of its directors and its Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1995. Dr. Cohen served as a member of the board of directors of the following publicly held companies: Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient care by developing novel medicines for the treatment of hepatitis C, from 2000 to 2005; and Anesiva, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel pharmaceutical products for pain management from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Cohen also served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Cellzome AG, prior to its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline in May 2012, and as the Chief Executive Officer of several other companies. Dr. Cohen received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Ph.D. from New York University School of Medicine.
2021-04-15	Charles Cohen, Ph.D., has been a director since November 1995. Dr. Cohen is an independent investor and from March 2015 to May 2019, he served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Perform Biologics, Inc., a privately held biotechnology start-up company. Previously, Dr. Cohen served as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of On Target Therapeutics, LLC, a privately held biotechnology start-up company, from June 2015 to June 2017. From May 2007 to December 2015, Dr. Cohen was a managing director of Synthesis Capital (formerly Advent Healthcare Ventures), a venture capital firm. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Cohen was Vice President of Advent International, a global private equity firm. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Cohen was the Chief Executive Officer of Cellzome AG, a post-genomics biotechnology company. Prior to that time, Dr. Cohen co-founded Creative BioMolecules, Inc., a biotechnology company, in 1982 and was one of its directors and its Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1995. Dr. Cohen served as a member of the board of directors of the following publicly held companies: Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient care by developing novel medicines for the treatment of hepatitis C, from 2000 to 2005; and Anesiva, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel pharmaceutical products for pain management from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Cohen also served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Cellzome AG, prior to its acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline in May 2012, and as the Chief Executive Officer of several other companies. Dr. Cohen received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Ph.D. from New York University School of Medicine.