Prakash Bhuyan

Dr. Prakash Bhuyan is an infectious disease specialist with over 20 years of experience in academia and industry. Most recently, Prakash was Chief Medical Officer at Aerium. Before Aerium, he served as the Head of Clinical Development for Vaccines and Immune Therapies at AstraZeneca, organizing and managing the teams that developed COVID solutions (Vaxzevria™ and Evusheld™), as well as RSV and influenza-focused products. Previously, he was the Senior Vice President, Clinical Development, at Inovio Pharmaceuticals leading the product development of a novel HPV therapeutic into Phase 3, achieving pivotal trial success.

Prakash held vaccines and biologics leadership roles at Pfizer and Merck which resulted, respectively, in Trumenba™ becoming the first vaccine licensed in the US for the prevention of Meningococcal B disease and Vaxelis™, a pediatric hexavalent vaccine that makes complete childhood vaccination achievable, moving into Phase 3 development with subsequent US and EU licensures. Prakash earned an MD and PhD in Immunology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, a Specialization in Internal Medicine from Emory University, and a Sub-specialization in Infectious Disease from the University of Pennsylvania.