Samantha Du

Founder, Chairwoman & CEO at Zai Lab

Samantha Du, Ph.D. founded Zai Lab in 2014 and has been its Director, CEO, and Chairwoman of the Board since its inception. Prior to founding Zai Lab, Dr. Du spent two years at Sequoia Capital China where she led four healthcare investments and served on the boards. From 2001 to 2011, Dr. Du co-founded Hutchison MediPharma and Hutchison China MediTech and has been its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer, respectively, since their inceptions. Dr. Du began her research career with Pfizer in the United States from 1994 till 2001 after receiving her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Cincinnati.

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Zai Lab

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Zai Lab Ltd is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on discovering or licensing, developing and commercializing proprietary therapeutics that address areas of large unmet medical need in the China market, including in the fields of oncology, autoimmune and infectious diseases. The Company has a broad pipeline of proprietary drug candidates that range from discovery stage to late-stage clinical programs. These include three drug candidates with greater China rights and three drug candidates with global rights. The greater China rights drug candidates include Niraparib (ZL-2306), Omadacycline (ZL-2401) and ZL-2301. The global rights drug candidates include Fugan (ZL-3101), ZL-2302 and ZL-1101.


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Shanghai, China

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201-500

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