Andrew Young, MD, PhD
Intarcia, Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Young joined Intarcia in September 2015 as Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Young is most recognized for his role in the discovery and development of peptide therapeutics for metabolic diseases. Prior to its acquisition by Intarcia, he co-founded and was CSO of Phoundry Pharmaceuticals Inc., a company dedicated to rendering peptides sufficiently potent for incorporation into innovative delivery systems such as Intarcia’s proprietary mini-pump technology. Dr. Young entered industry from academia 26 years ago as the founding physiologist at Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. There he pioneered work that illuminated the role of the gut in blood glucose control. He co-led different phases of the development of Symlin® and Byetta®, first-in-class medicines for the treatment of diabetes. His roles at Amylin included VP of Research and Senior Research Fellow. In 2008 he co-founded Satiogen Inc., a San Diego startup related to bile salt stimulation of gut hormone secretion, before joining GlaxoSmithKline in RTP, NC, as Head of Enteroendocrine Biology. At GSK he fostered the development of peptide therapeutics as well as non-absorbed medicines acting at gut targets. In 2015 he co-founded Phoundry Pharmaceuticals with five former GSK colleagues. Dr. Young received his medical degree as well as graduate science degrees from the University of Auckland School of Medicine, New Zealand, where he also taught physiology. He worked as a Fogarty Fellow for the NIH in Phoenix AZ, studying diabetes in Pima Indians. He worked as a Von Humboldt Fellow at the Max Planck Institute in Bad Nauheim, FRG, studying sensory neurophysiology. He has participated in the development of five drugs that were commercialized, written over 100 original papers and 37 book chapters or books, and is an inventor on 56 issued US patents.