James B. Tananbaum, M.D.

Overview

James B. Tananbaum, M.D., Managing Director of Prospect Venture Partners II and III, LLC, a dedicated life science venture fund group which he co-founded in 2000. Chief Executive Officer of Theravance, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from 1997 to 2000. Partner, Sierra Ventures, a venture capital firm, from 1993 to 1997. Senior Product Manager of Merck & Company, Inc. from 1991 to 1993. Currently a director of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, a private biopharmaceutical company and the following publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies: Critical Therapeutics, Inc., Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.