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Founded by Samuel D. Waksal in 2009.1
Private company
Logo: http://www.kadmon.com, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3
Biopharmeceutical company based in New York City
Kadmon Corporation (originally Kadmon Pharmaceuticals) is a biopharmaceutical company based in New York City. It also has operations in Warrendale, PA and Brighton, MA. The company was founded in 2009 by Samuel D. Waksal, founder and former CEO of ImClone Systems, a company now fully merged into Eli Lilly.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Kadmon Corporation (originally Kadmon Pharmaceuticals) is a biopharmaceutical company based in New York City. It also has operations in Warrendale, PA and Brighton, MA. The company was founded in 2009 by Samuel D. Waksal, founder and former CEO of ImClone Systems, a company now fully merged into Eli Lilly. Waksal had served a federal prison sentence stemming from his fiduciary role as CEO in the 2001 ImClone stock trading case. When released in 2009 he was barred from serving as an officer for any publicly traded company but Kadmon was privately financed.2
Founded by Samuel D. Waksal in 2009.1
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