Teresa Whalen

Opinion author

Teresa Whalen, RPh, is the CEO of CytoAgents, Inc. With more than 20 years career in the healthcare industry as a biotech innovator, healthcare technology leader, hospital board trustee, life sciences investor and clinical pharmacist, Whalen has a successful track record of bringing life-changing healthcare products to market.

As the CEO of CytoAgents, Whalen leads a team of world-renowned clinical drug development experts and scientific advisory board members who are at the forefront of groundbreaking treatment of life-threatening symptoms associated with cytokine release syndrome, an overreaction of the immune system causing systemic inflammation.

The prevalence of serious inflammatory safety issues such as cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome limits the reach of these transformative cancer therapies.