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Asish Xavier

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Vice President, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC

Asish is the Vice President, Venture Investments at Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) and is based at the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center in San Francisco, California.  Asish focuses on investments in biotechnology, diagnostics and machine learning.  Asish joined JJDC in 2004 and has led or co-led investments in over 25 biotech, diagnostics, machine learning and medtech companies.

Asish previously worked in business development at BioRexis Pharmaceutical Corporation (King of Prussia, PA) and Structural GenomiX, (San Diego, CA); and, in R&D at Message Pharmaceuticals (Malvern, PA).

Outside work, Asish enjoys reading, traveling, and being outdoors with his family.  He is passionate about science and helping others, and mentors students and entrepreneurs.  And, is a die-hard sports nut, especially a cricket fanatic.