David J. Maloney

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer

Dave Maloney is an accomplished scientist and biotechnology executive who has 15 years of drug discovery experience in across the public and private sectors. Prior to founding Veralox, Dave was a Group Leader in Chemistry and co-led an interdisciplinary project team at NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). During this time, he managed a project portfolio encompassing a broad range of therapeutic areas and target classes which involved close collaboration and interaction with leading researchers from around the world. Several of his programs were out-licensed to biotech and advanced towards the clinic (including VLX-1005).  He is well-versed in implementing and managing R&D efforts with domestic and international CROs to efficiency advance development programs. He is co-author on over 100 scientific publications and co-inventor on more than 15 composition of matter patents. Dave earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Vermont, a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Virginia and completed his postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.