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Arjun Natesan

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Senior Vice President at Ultragenyx
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Arjun is a seasoned drug discovery leader with over 20 years of experience, currently serving as the Sr. Vice President of Translational Research at Ultragenyx. With a PhD in Neuroscience from Texas A&M University, he excels in advancing novel therapeutics for rare genetic diseases from preclinical stages into clinical development.

Outside of his corporate role, Arjun is deeply committed to community service and education. He serves as the Board President for Biotech Partners, a nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities and providing wraparound services for underrepresented students to help them build careers in the biotechnology industry.

He is passionate about addressing socioeconomic and racial inequities in STEM education and creating a future talent pipeline.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Rare Disease Therapeutics
Leads translational research at Ultragenyx, a company focused on developing therapies for rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases, and speaks at related events.
Drug Development
His career is focused on the entire preclinical drug-development process, from target discovery and validation to in vivo pharmacology and biomarker studies.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
Senior Vice President
Ultragenyx
3-2019 - 2-2023
Vice President
Ultragenyx
1-2018 - 3-2019
Executive Director
Ultragenyx
5-2015 - 12-2017
Senior Director/Director
Ultragenyx
9-2014 - 4-2015
Manager, R&D Pharma & Life Sciences
PwC
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Education
PhD
Texas A&M University
BA
University of Chicago
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