Company: EDSA
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001171843-25-002028
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Company: Edesa Biotech, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
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2024, he has served as a Senior Analyst at Velan Capital Investment Management LP, a healthcare dedicated investment firm based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Prior to his current position, he served as a Biotech Analyst at Altium Capital Management, LP, an investment firm focused on healthcare companies from January 2019 to November 2022. He received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Weil Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Dr. Liu is qualified to serve on the Board because of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Sean MacDonald has been a member of our Board since June 2019, and served as Chairman of the Board from June 2019 until May 2023. He previously served on the board of our principal operating subsidiary, Edesa Biotech Research, from September 2017 to June 2019. In his career, he has led and closed multiple licensing transactions, financings, acquisitions and divestments, and led corporate strategy for several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Since April 2024, Mr. MacDonald has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Domain Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company and from January to March 2024, Mr. MacDonald served as their Chief Business Officer. From April 2022 to February 2024, he served as an advisor to investors and biotechnology companies, including Raya Therapeutic Inc. From August 2021 to April 2022, he was the Chief Business Officer of iOnctura SA, a Swiss clinical-stage oncology company. From April 2019 to August 2021, he was the Head of Business Development for Cosmo Pharmaceuticals NV, a European gastroenterology focused pharmaceutical company; and from October 2018 to August 2021 he was the chief executive of Corbin Therapeutics, a Montreal-based biotech company focused on treating neuroinflammation. Mr. MacDonald held various operational and executive leadership roles from October 2012 to October 2018 at Pharmascience Inc., one of Canada's largest pharmaceutical companies, including Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Development. He received his BSc in Molecular Biology and MBA from the University of Ottawa. Mr. MacDonald's qualifications to serve on our Board include his extensive operational experience and background in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.

Patrick Marshallhas more than 20 years of experience raising capital, building and launching new products and services, developing strategy and completing mergers and acquisitions to support growth in