Former Merck Director and Vanderbilt Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Harry Jacobson, to Join Lobe Sciences Board of Directors
Lobe Sciences announced that Dr. Harry Jacobson, a former director at Merck and Vanderbilt Vice-Chancellor, will join its Board of Directors. Dr. Jacobson boasts over three decades of experience in healthcare, biotechnology, and medical innovation. His background includes roles such as Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he expanded the budget from $750M to $2.5B. He has also founded and co-founded multiple companies, including Renal Care Group and Contact Software, and has served on the boards of Merck, Kinetic Concepts, and Renal Care Group. Dr. Jacobson’s addition is expected to drive Lobe’s development and commercialization of treatments for Chronic Cluster Headaches and Sickle Cell Disease.
- Dr. Harry Jacobson joins Lobe Sciences Board, bringing over 30 years of healthcare experience.
- Expansion of Vanderbilt University Medical Center's budget from $750M to $2.5B under Dr. Jacobson's leadership.
- Dr. Jacobson has a proven track record as an investor and entrepreneur, founding successful companies like Renal Care Group.
- Experienced board member having served on boards of Merck, Kinetic Concepts, and Renal Care Group.
- Lobe Sciences focuses on developing treatments for Chronic Cluster Headaches and Sickle Cell Disease.
- No financial projections or immediate business impacts were disclosed in the announcement.
- The announcement does not include any updates on current clinical trial progress or results.
- Lobe Sciences did not provide information on how Dr. Jacobson's addition will directly affect its current financial state or stock performance.
Physician, Fund Manager, Investor, Inventor
Former Vice Chancellor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Former Board Director For Renal Care Group and Kinetic Concepts
Dr. Jacobson brings over three decades of distinguished experience in healthcare, biotechnology, and medical innovation. As a serial entrepreneur, executive and visionary leader, his extensive knowledge and strategic insights will be invaluable to Lobe Sciences as the company continues to pioneer groundbreaking treatments and expand its footprint in the development of transformative medicines for orphan and rare diseases.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jacobson to our Board of Directors,” said Philip J. Young, Chairman and CEO of Lobe Sciences. “Dr. Jacobson’s remarkable track record in healthcare and his passion for advancing medical science align perfectly with our mission to transform the development of treatments for neurologic diseases. His expertise will be instrumental as we navigate the evolving landscape to develop and commercialize our lead programs for Chronic Cluster Headaches and Sickle Cell Disease.”
Board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Dr. Jacobson joined Vanderbilt Medical Faculty in 1985 as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Nephrology. After developing one of the nation’s premier nephrology divisions, Dr. Jacobson was named Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and CEO of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).
As Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Dr. Jacobson’s 12-year tenure saw the VUMC budget expand from
During the course of his career, Dr. Jacobson has been a successful investor and entrepreneur, having founded or co-founded several companies, including Contact Software, the developer of the software program ACT which helped launch the CRM software category; Renal Care Group; Cardiovascular Care Group; Informatics Corporation of America; CeloNova Biosciences, Ambulatory Services of America; MindCare Solutions; Innovative Renal Care; MedLogic, and For Better Health (4BH). He has served on the boards of three New York Stock Exchange companies including Merck, Kinetic Concepts, and Renal Care Group. Currently, Dr. Jacobson serves on the Board of Directors of several healthcare companies from the original MedCare portfolio. In 2013, Dr. Jacobson served Belmont’s Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business as its Distinguished Healthcare Executive-in-Residence and was Chairman of the McWhorter Society from 2014 to 2017.
“I am excited to join Lobe Sciences at such a pivotal time in the company’s growth,” said Dr. Jacobson. “The potential of their neurologic and Sickle Cell Programs to change the lives of patients around the globe is inspiring and I look forward to working with the talented team at Lobe Sciences to advance their promising pipeline of therapies.”
About Lobe Sciences Ltd.
Lobe Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative medicines to treat rare diseases. The Company, through collaborations with industry-leading partners, is additionally engaged in drug research and development using non-hallucinatory doses of stabilized psilocin based compounds to address unmet medical needs in orphan neurological therapeutic applications.
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