Dr Manus Rogan is Managing Partner and co-founder of Fountain Healthcare Partners. He has over 23 years of investment and operating experience in the life science sector in both the US and Europe. Manus earned a PhD in chemistry from the University of York (sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline) and an MBA from Trinity College Dublin. Manus began his career in product development at GlaxoSmithkline in the UK and in 1996 joined ElanCorporation’s business development group. For four years he was responsible for licensing products and drug delivery technologies in Europe and Japan. In 2001, Manus joined Elan’s Corporate Venture Capital group in New York where he invested in private and public biotechnology companies. In his 7 years at Elan, Manus concluded over twenty five investment and technology licensing transactionsinvolving companies in the US, Europe and Japan. Manus currently serves on a number of Boards including Amarin Corporation, Opsona Therapeutics and is the Vice Chairman of the Irish Venture CapitalAssociation.