Inozyme's Douglas Treco moves downstairs to replace retiring Axel Bolte

24 March 2023
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US biopharma Inozyme Pharma (Nasdaq: INZY) has announced that founding chief executive officer Axel Bolte will retire from his current role, to be replaced by Douglas Treco.

Currently, Dr Treco is the chairman of the Inozyme’s board of directors, so he will make the unusual move from the boardroom into the top operational role.

"I believe INZ-701 is a unique product candidate which has the potential to transform the treatment of multiple severe disorders"Prior to serving on Inozyme’s board, Dr Treco was co-founder, president, and chief executive of Ra Pharmaceuticals, a company acquired in 2020 by UCB (Euronext: UCB) for $2.5 billion. In that role, he oversaw the discovery and development of zilucoplan in myasthenia gravis, which is currently under review for marketing approval in the USA and European Union.

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