Versanis Bio, a privately-held biotech advancing novel therapeutics for cardiometabolic diseases, has announced the appointment of Mark Pruzanski as chairman and chief executive.
Dr Pruzanski brings more than 25 years of combined experience as a CEO, advisor, board member, and investor in the life sciences industry.
Most notably, he founded Intercept Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ICPT), leading its evolution from drug discovery stage to a major biopharma company with global operations. While at Intercept, Dr Pruzanski pioneered novel surrogate endpoints supporting accelerated approval in chronic liver diseases, championing the first therapeutic for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
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