Tao Pei, PhD

Senior Vice President, Chemistry at Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Speaker

Dr. Tao Pei is the Senior VP of Discovery Chemistry at Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals. In this role, he leads multiple functional groups in the exploration and development of TRiM™ platforms for targeted siRNA delivery to several extrahepatic tissues including lung, skeletal muscle, adipose, eye, and CNS. Tao is a key architect of Arrowhead’s TRiM™ technology and contributor to the final design of Arrowhead’s first TRiM™ candidate, Olpasiran—now in Phase III clinical trials. Tao earned his PhD in chemistry from Duke University where he performed research in Dr. Ross Widenhoefer’s lab.