Daniel B. Gilmer, Ph.D.

Daniel B. Gilmer, Ph.D. has served as a member of the Board of Directors since April 2026. Dr. Gilmer is an accomplished healthcare executive. Most recently at Pfizer, he led an organization responsible for quality and promotional review across 50+ U.S. brands, working closely with medical, legal, and regulatory subject matter experts to advise commercial stakeholders on content quality, compliance, and risk-benefit balance. Previously, from April 2022 to February 2025, Dr. Gilmer led cross-functional teams in Pfizer’s Antiviral and Diagnostics Business, where he launched PAXLOVID^TM in the United States as it received New Drug Approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”). Earlier at Pfizer, from April 2021 to April 2022, Dr. Gilmer worked in Inflammation & Immunology Commercial Development, where he helped shape strategy for a portfolio of rheumatology and immunology assets. Dr. Gilmer joined Pfizer in Research & Development in May 2019, where he contributed to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine-enabling operating model and R&D portfolio strategy.

Dr. Gilmer is an equal co-inventor on the patent for Exebacase (also termed “CF-301” or “PlySs2”), a first-in-class Staphylococcus bacteriophage endolysin. Exebacase received Fast Track and Breakthrough Therapy designations from the FDA before advancing to Phase 3 clinical trials. Dr. Gilmer has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications on phage lysins and antimicrobial resistance. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Gilmer worked at McKinsey & Co. focusing on commercial growth strategies, market access, and lean manufacturing in the United States, Canada, and France. Earlier in his career, he conducted microbiology and infectious disease research at leading academic institutions and the National Institutes of Health.

He has a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Rockefeller University (RU) and a B.S. from Howard University. As an RU alum, he serves on both the RU Board of Trustees Educational Affairs Committee and the RU Ford Center Incubator selection committee. He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations.