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Role
Frederick Frank is Vice Chairman of Peter J. Solomon Company, a member of its Mergers and Acquisitions Group and with Managing Director Mary Tanner, co-heads PJSC’s global pharmaceutical and life sciences practice.
Experience
Mr. Frank joined the firm in 2009 from Barclays Capital where he was Vice Chairman. He began his investment banking career at Smith, Barney & Co. Inc. in 1958, where he attained the positions of Co-Head of Research, Vice President and Director. Subsequently he joined Lehman Brothers, Inc., in 1969, as a partner. At Lehman, Mr. Frank provided investment banking services to an extensive number of companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare services, medical device and nutraceutical industries, and was involved in hundreds of financings, strategic alliances and merger and acquisition transactions in the global healthcare industry.
To follow an interesting global thread, Mr. Frank’s clients have included: Marion Laboratories, from leading the company’s initial public offering to its acquisition of the pharmaceutical division of Dow Chemical, creating Marion Merrill Dow. Then with Mary Tanner, he represented Marion Merrill Dow in creating its merger with Hoescht to form Hoescht Marion Roussel, Inc. Mr. Frank also represented Synthelabo in France in its acquisition by Sanofi which created the second largest French pharmaceutical company. In addition, Mr. Frank represented Genetech commencing in 1995 with the purchase of a controlling interest by Roche and in its 1999 extension & modification. Most recently, Mr. Frank advised CV Therapeutics Inc on its $l.4B pending sale to Gilead Sciences Inc.
Professional Affiliations
Director, Landec Corporation
Director, PDL Biosciences, Inc.
Director, Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.
Not-For-Profit Affiliations
Chairman, National Genetics Foundation
Member, Advisory Board, Yale School of Organization and Management
Member, Advisory Board, Harvard School of Public Health
Member, Advisory Board, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for
Biomedical Innovation
Trustee Emeritus, The Hotckiss School
Honors
2009 Life Time Achievement Award, Jennifer Diamond Cancer Foundation
2007 – American Liver Foundation – Award for Excellence
2007 – Reed Elsevier – The Top 100 Living Contributors to Biotechnology
2006 – Gilda’s Club of New York City – Visionary Award
2004 – Weizmann Institute of Science – The Albert Einstein Award
1997 – Biotech Meeting at Laguna Niguel - Hall of Fame Award for Special Recognition
for an Individual
Academic Credentials
Mr. Frank received an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. from Yale University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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