Author Archives: Rosana Kapeller

About Rosana Kapeller

CSO of Nimbus

Is Biotech Ready For An Über Disruption?
March 15, 2016

This blog was written by Rosana Kapeller, CSO of Nimbus Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. Love it or hate it, no one can deny that Über has revolutionized the fundamental nature of the taxi

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Setting The Pace In The Race To Treat NASH
December 9, 2015

This blog was written by Rosana Kapeller, CSO of Nimbus Therapeutics, as part of the “From the Trenches” feature of LifeSciVC. It is the holiday season and as we gorge on delicious and heavy food, and inevitably resolve to eat less

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Biotech Circa 2015 AD: Where Are The Women?
September 28, 2015

This blog was written by Rosana Kapeller, CSO of Nimbus Therapeutics, as part of the “From the Trenches” feature of LifeSciVC. A few weeks ago, a member of our board sent an email to a group of biotech CSOs suggesting that

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From Crawl to Sprint: The Race to Treat NASH
May 21, 2015

This blog was written by Rosana Kapeller, CSO of Nimbus Therapeutics, as part of the “From the Trenches” feature of LifeSciVC. Early this week, Intercept Pharmaceuticals announced the much awaited design of their Ph. 3 clinical trial of Obeticholic Acid (OCA)

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Learnings From a Reluctant Entrepreneur
February 11, 2015

I am a scientist by vocation and training and an entrepreneur by accident.  I got into the business of starting companies when I decided almost a decade ago that I wanted to work on a new crazy therapeutic modality and the

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