Daniel Fida Hassan has been an executive in the pharmaceutical and technology space for the last decade, spending much of that time as CEO. He was born in Karachi Pakistan before coming to the U.S. with his mother and father, Noreen and Fred. Raised primarily in New Jersey Daniel became a Graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson and eventually Harvard Business School.

After working for a few years at Goldman Sachs, his first startup was Backchannel Media (BCM) which provided technology services in the television broadcast space. More recently he joined the family business of over the counter pharmaceuticals, IM Health Science, as its Chief Commercial Officer, launching IBgard for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Daniel has his name on several pharmaceutical patents.

Currently Daniel is CEO of Physician’s Seal, a family owned non-prescription drug company. Physician’s Seal has launched a proprietary and unique 7-hour sustained release drug free sleep product called REMfresh and is in distribution with CVS, Walgreen and Rite-aid. REMfresh is the #1 Sleep Doctor Recommended Melatonin product.

In his personal life, Daniel has two boys aged 8 and 10 and lives in Boca Raton. He serves as the President of the South Florida Harvard Healthcare Alumni Association and has championed their Innovation Lecture Series.In his free time he enjoys fishing, the outdoors and the arts. Daniel has always been passionate about the medical world, especially within pediatrics and among the veteran community.

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