About Us

Founded by Pioneers, Built for Impact

Aanastra was founded by industry and research leaders, Dr. Neil Desai (Abraxis, Celgene, Aadi Bioscience) – pioneer of albumin-based drug delivery, and Dr. Gilles Divita (Max Planck Institute, Scripps Research, CNRS) —pioneer of peptide-driven oligonucleotide delivery.

Leadership


Neil Desai, PhD

Founder, Chairman and CEO


Gilles Divita, PhD

Chief Scientist

Advisors

Kristen Hege, MD

Jamie Christensen, Ph.D.

Joyce A. O’Shaughnessy, MD

Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D., F.A.C.P.