Donald Rice

Donald B. Rice, PhD. was the former President and CEO Astellas Pharma Inc.'s affiliate Agensys, Inc. ("Agensys"). Dr. Rice founded Agensys, Inc. (formerly UroGenesys, Inc.) in 1996. Under his guidance Agensys has become a world-class biotech company developing novel oncology products to help cancer patients. The company continues its work in oncology through the development of a pipeline of therapeutic fully human monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to treat solid tumor cancers.

Dr. Kurstjens joins Agensys from Allergan Inc. where he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head, Global Drug Development. Dr. Kurstjens has a strong track record of proven leadership experience in all aspects of clinical development and is well-positioned to successfully lead the company to the realization of its goal to improve patients' lives through a growing pipeline of clinical stage functional MAbs and antibody-drug conjugated products.

He entered the pharmaceutical industry in 1991 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in Pfizer Global Research and Development in both Europe and the US. Prior to joining Allergan in 2007, Dr. Kurstjens served as Senior Vice President, Research and Development at Astellas Pharma US, Inc.