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William "Ben" B. Jones

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Senior Vice President Pharmaceutical Development at Corvus Pharmaceuticals
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

William "Ben" B. Jones is the Senior Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development at Corvus Pharmaceuticals, a company he joined near its inception. He leads cross-functional teams in developing oncology drugs, drawing on his PhD and extensive experience in regulatory affairs, quality assurance, and project management to bring novel cancer therapies from concept to market.

His career is distinguished by his leadership roles in the development of three first-in-class, commercially successful oncology drugs: ibrutinib (Imbruvica®), vemurafenib (Zelboraf®), and isatuximab (Sarclisa®).

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Experience
30 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President Pharmaceutical Development
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Oncology Drug Development
His entire career, from Plexxikon to Corvus, has been dedicated to developing small molecule and biologic oncology drugs, including several first-in-class therapies.
Pharmaceutical Development
As SVP of Pharmaceutical Development, he is responsible for CMC, Nonclinical Drug Safety, DMPK, Clinical Pharmacology, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, and Project Management.
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Career

Work history

1-2019
Senior Vice President Pharmaceutical Development
Corvus Pharmaceuticals
12-2014 - 1-2019
VP Pharmaceutical Development
Corvus Pharmaceuticals
12-2012 - 12-2014
Director Global Regulatory Affairs
Sanofi
1-2008 - 3-2012
Director Regulatory Affairs and Project Management
Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie Company
8-2005 - 8-2007
Associate Director Of Development
Plexxikon Inc.
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
Post Doctoral Fellowship
University of Oxford
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
University of Cincinnati
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