Leadership

Daniel Baker, M.D.

Dr. Baker has over 20 years of drug development experience in the pharmaceutical industry. From 2000 to 2019, he served as Vice President, Immunology R&D at Johnson & Johnson (Janssen/Centocor) where his responsibilities included clinical development of Remicade, Simponi and Stelara, as well as other major clinical drug programs. His supervision and oversight of numerous Phase I-III trials in multiple disease areas, led to more than 15 regulatory approvals in the US, Europe and Japan. In 2015, Dr. Baker assumed the role of Disease Area Stronghold Leader at Janssen where he was responsible for Phase II & III clinical development plans for rheumatology products and the overall portfolio strategy in rheumatology and immunology. Following his retirement from Janssen in 2019, Dr. Baker served as CEO and founder of Kira Therapeutics and more recently as Executive Director on the board of Galapagos Therapeutics from April 2022 until October 2024. Dr. Baker received his Medical Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his Medical Residency at Hershey Medical Center and Fellowship in Rheumatology and Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a Research Fellowship in Rheumatology at Mass General Hospital.