Take A Pill For It! — Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease | BloomerBoomer
Channel: My Body Diet  Life
Date: 2019-08-28

In this episode of "Boomer TV: Embrace Age, Empower Dreams Embrace Life," Andy Asher, editor of BloomerBoomer.com visits with Martin Tolar, MD, Ph.D., Founder, President & CEO at Alzheon, Inc.

Dr. Tolar was recognized by The Medicine Maker Magazine’s Power List 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the world of drug development.  Prior to founding Alzheon in 2013, Dr. Tolar has held executive positions in life sciences companies, where he has successfully established and grown new companies, business areas, and product opportunities.

Dr. Tolar served as President & CEO of Knome, Inc., where he pioneered human genome interpretation systems and services, as President & CEO at NormOxys, Inc., where he built and financed the business for novel cancer therapeutics, and as CSO and CBO at CoMentis, Inc., where he developed the first clinical beta-secretase inhibitor platform and negotiated a landmark deal for the program for $1.1 billion with Astellas Pharma in 2008. Dr. Tolar held a variety of clinical development and business leadership positions at Pfizer, where he was instrumental in a wide range of business transactions, including the acquisition of Rinat Neuroscience for $500 million in 2006, and directed programs through all stages of clinical development and FDA approval including NDA filings.

During his academic career, Dr. Tolar served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Tolar trained in Neurology at the Boston Medical Center received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience for his work on the role of apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer’s disease and published in the area of neuroscience and neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Tolar received his M.D. from Charles University in Prague, whereas a medical student he helped organize and lead the Velvet Revolution that toppled the communist regime in former Czechoslovakia in November 1989.

Dr. Tolar serves on business and scientific boards including the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, the Alzheimer Foundation, and Advance Healthcare Management Institute.