Profile

AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. is an American biotechnology company developing medical therapeutics related to human longevity. It was founded in 2017 by Michael D. West, initially as a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. with backing from British billionaire investor Jim Mellon and others. The company's vice president of new technology discovery is Aubrey de Grey, who also serves as chief scientific officer of the SENS Research Foundation. The chairman is Gregory Bailey, who was an early backer and board member of Medivation until its acquisition by Pfizer in 2016 for $14 billion.