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Paul Abrams, JD, MD

Paul Abrams received his BA in Political Science and Economics, and then received doctorate degrees in Medicine and in Law from Yale University.  He was President & CEO of NeoRx Corporation and then CEPTYR, both biotechnology companies. He has been Chairman of Aptein, a biotechnology company sold to Cambridge Antibody LTD, and of Global Biosciences, a environmental remediation company.  He has also been on the Executive Committee of BIO, the industry trade organization.  He is inventor on 12 US patents, co-editor of two books on cancer, and author of more than 60 publications.