Gregory N. Dietsch, Ph.D., DABT

Vice President of Research

Dr. Gregory N Dietsch, Ph.D., DABT, currently serves as Vice President of Research at VentiRx Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining VentiRx, Dr. Dietsch was Vice President of Preclinical Sciences at ICOS Corporation, where he built and directed the pharmacology, drug metabolism, pathology and toxicology groups that supported ICOS Research and Clinical development programs.

Dr. Dietsch has over 17 years industry experience in the preclinical research, safety assessment, and the clinical development of novel therapeutic agents. He has worked on programs that span a wide array of therapeutic areas that include: multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute respiratory distress syndrome, oncology, stroke, pancreatitis, sepsis, interstitial cystitis, erectile dysfunction and pain. Dr. Dietsch worked to advance more than a dozen products from research discovery programs into clinical development; these included monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, natural products and traditional small molecule drugs. While at ICOS, Dr. Dietsch was responsible for the conduct of preclinical studies and preparation of the nonclinical sections for more than 20 different Investigational New Drug (IND) applications submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Two of these INDs led to approved products that are currently marketed as Cialis® and Thelin®.

A native of Washington State, Dr. Dietsch completed his undergraduate and masters degrees at Washington State University in Microbiology. He is trained as a cellular immunologist and received his PhD in Microbiology/Immunology from the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland Oregon. He is also trained as a toxicologist and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT).