Team | Management Team
Ralph Niven, MBA, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Ralph Niven joins APT with almost two decades of experience, most recently consulting to biopharmaceutical companies on strategic, organizational and technical development initiatives. Prior to his consulting business he was Senior Vice President of Preclinical Development at Discovery Laboratories Inc. where he managed the West coast operations of the company. His team was responsible for several product candidates that reached clinical development. His career has also included roles of increasing responsibility at Amgen, Megabios and Advanced Inhalation Research (Alkermes). Ralph has authored approximately 50 peer-reviewed articles and holds over 10 patents. He earned a Ph.D in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Kentucky and an MBA in healthcare from George Washington University.