Ken Cohen

Bio

Kenneth M. Cohen is an independent adviser to entrepreneurs, companies, and  investors, primarily in the life sciences, and a lecturer at the Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University, where he teaches multinational business management.  Cohen was previously co-founder, president and CEO of Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, a  specialty pharmaceutical company. He was president and CEO of Synbiotics  Corporation, a veterinary diagnostics company, and was executive vice president and  COO for Canji, a gene-therapy company, until its acquisition by Schering-Plough Corp.  He served as vice president of business affairs at Argus Pharmaceuticals and VP of  marketing and business development for LifeCell Corporation. 

Cohen received his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School. In 1999, in recognition of his contributions to French-American business cooperation, the president of France named Cohen a Chevalier of the National Order of Merit. 

Cohen is presently chair-elect of the board of the  San Diego Blood Bank, and Trustee and chairman emeritus of the San Diego Humane  Society.