Rehan Verjee

Chief Executive Officer | Precede Bio

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About Rehan

Rehan is the founding CEO of Precede Biosciences. Prior to co-founding Precede Bio, Rehan was a member of the Healthcare Executive Committee at Merck KGaA from October 2015 to March 2021. During this time, Rehan served as the President of EMD Serono and as the Chief Marketing and Strategy officer. In these roles, Rehan was responsible for growing the global, multi-billion dollar specialty medicine franchises of oncology, neurology, immunology and infertility, which included leading and transforming the North American business, co-chairing the R&D development committee (responsible for all R&D decisions from Phase 1 to approval), leading global business development, chairing significant global R&D alliances, and having responsibility for the launches of new medicines across the major markets of the USA, the EU, China and Japan. Rehan is currently a member of the board of directors of Precede Biosciences, Tyra Biosciences and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council. Rehan holds a Master’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry from the University of Oxford in the U.K.

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