Rana Al-Hallaq brings a rare lab-to-clinic background to venture investing, having worked as an NIH research fellow, earned a PhD in neuroscience from Georgetown, and led Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials for depression and schizophrenia treatments before moving into business development and venture capital. She now serves on the boards of several science-heavy companies working on things like lipid nanoparticles, gene therapy, and radiation oncology, while also serving as Vice Chair of NewYorkBIO.
About their Fund
Pfizer Venture Investments is a strategic venture fund that doesn't require product or technology rights as a condition of investing, giving founders independence while still aiming for future collaboration with Pfizer, and its team blends venture investing with business development and drug discovery expertise to back frontier scientific bets—such as neuroscience, in-vivo cell engineering, dark-genome target discovery, and the blockchain-based longevity accelerator VitaDAO—that many biotech investors avoid. The fund also runs an active China strategy through a locally based venture vehicle and direct investments like OTR Therapeutics, and it has become a channel for strategic deals, with portfolio companies acquired by AbbVie, Ipsen, and Gilead/Kite.
















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