Michael Tarnow

Michael M.
Tarnow is currently the Non-Executive Chairman at Ferghana Partners Group since 2011.
He is also the Director at Massachusetts College of Art & Design, The Food & Drug Law Institute, and Massachusetts College of Art Foundation.
Previously, Mr. Tarnow served as the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Creative Biomolecules, Inc. from 1995 to 2000.
He was also the President & Chief Executive Officer at Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. Additionally, he held the position of Executive Chairman at CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2003 to 2012.
He served as the Chairman at Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 1999 to 2021.
Mr. Tarnow has also held positions as a Director at Aptalis Pharma Canada ULC, Caprion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Thallion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and CellCarta Biosciences, Inc. He was the President at Merck & Co., Inc. from 1973 to 1995.
He served as a Member-Supervisory Board at MediGene AG from 2001 to 2007.
Additionally, he was the Senior Executive Vice President at Merck-Medco Managed Care LLC.
He also worked as an Advisor at Puretech Health LLC.
Mr. Tarnow completed his undergraduate studies at Wayne State University (Michigan) and obtained a graduate degree from the University of Illinois College of Law.