PJ Anand is the founder of Alcyone Lifesciences, a company focused on novel treatment modalities for chronic neuropathological conditions and serves as its President and CEO with over 25 years of experience in life science industry. PJ also is a cofounder and Executive Chairman of Arthromeda, Inc., a company focused on orthopedic patient specific implant medicine. PJ is a recognized expert in translating academic research into clinical value propositions and in the area of convergence. Prior to founding Alcyone Lifesciences and Arthromeda, PJ was a founding executive member of Arsenal Medical (now Arsenal Medical, Arsenal AAA, LLC and 480 Biomedical).

As Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, PJ was responsible for leading Arsenal's corporate strategy and business development activities including technology inlicensing, out-licensing and strategic alliances. In preparation for this role, PJ served as the Company's Vice President of Business and Commercial Development and working closely with Arsenal's technology visionaries, operational team and founding scientists played a critical role in creation of Arsenal's & 480's platform and product portfolio as well as executing on key strategic alliance transactions.

Prior to joining Arsenal in 2005, PJ, served as Vice President & General Manager of Spire Biomedical, Inc., a division of Spire Corporation (NASDAQ: SPIR).where he was responsible for establishing a medical products business unit. While at Spire, PJ was responsible for R&D, sales & marketing and business transactions. In addition, PJ Anand was chiefly responsible for identifying and in-licensing the seminal technology for the company as well as executing major transactions with medical device companies that resulted in several million dollars of non-dilutive revenue for the company. PJ Anand has also served as head of business development for Toxikon Corporation, a preclinical CRO based out of Massachusetts.

PJ Anand has several patented & patent pending inventions and scientific publications to his credit and serves as mentor to several young entrepreneurs.