Dr. Simon Pimstone, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Founder & CEO at XYON Health Inc.
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Dr. Simon Pimstone is a founder, Director, and former Chief Executive Officer at Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Xenon”), a publicly traded Canadian biotechnology company (Nasdaq: XENE). Xenon is engaged in discovering and developing novel pharmaceuticals targeting neurological diseases with a key focus on ion channels.

Dr Pimstone is also a founder of XYON Health Inc., a Company that aims to deliver innovative healthcare solutions for men, with a focus on hair loss.

Dr. Pimstone received his MD from the University of Cape Town (MBChB, 1991) and is an internal medicine specialist (FRCPC, UBC, 2001). Prior to his specialization, he trained as a clinical research fellow with the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia and obtained his PhD in cardiovascular genetics through the University of Amsterdam (1998).

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