Privately-held UK biotech Curve Therapeutics today announced the further strengthening of its leadership team with the appointments of Andre Hoekema as chairman of the board and Cora Griffin as head of business development. 2 October 2024
NK:IO, a London startup developing a cell therapy for treating solid tumors, has announced the appointment of a permant chief executive and the finalization of a seed funding round. 2 October 2024
Halda Therapeutics, a US biotech company advancing cancer treatments, announced the appointment of Christian Schade as president and chief executive. 1 October 2024
AstronauTx, a biotech developing novel treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, has announced the appointment of Jane Rhodes as chief executive officer. 1 October 2024
USA-based engineered regulatory T cells (Tregs) company GentiBio today announced the appointment of Dr Mark Bach as chief medical officer. 30 September 2024
Recently-created by US biotech incubator Flagship Pioneering, Abiologics has announced the appointment of Maria-Chiara Magnone as its chief scientific officer. 26 September 2024
German privately-held biotech ARTCLINE Bio-Therapies today announced the appointment of Dirk Hessel as additional managing director of the company. 23 September 2024
Stalicla, a privately-held Swiss biotech, today announced that Dr Paulo Fontoura will be joining its drug development team as chief scientific and clinical development advisor. 19 September 2024
US contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) BioCentriq has appointed Syed Husain as its new chief executive (CEO), and as a member of the board of directors. 19 September 2024
Californian biopharma 89bio, a company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of liver and cardiometabolic diseases, has announced an important appointment. 17 September 2024
British biotech IMU Biosciences has announced key changes to its leadership team as it looks to grow in the field of precision medicine. 17 September 2024
Ohio, USA-based Trailhead Biosystems has appointed Josh Snow as its new chief commercial officer, as the company moves to expand its presence in the commercial market with its iPSC-derived human cell products. 16 September 2024
US neurological diseases specialist Ovid Therapeutics has announced the promotion of Meg Alexander to president and chief operating officer (COO). 12 September 2024
French cancer focused biotech Transgene has appointed two seasoned leaders in oncology who will be instrumental in advancing the company’s innovative immunotherapy programs 10 September 2024
Italy-based biotech AAVantgarde Bio has appointed Jayashree Sahni as its new chief medical officer, replacing Naveed Shams, who has held the role since 2022. 10 September 2024
UK-based stem cell therapy company ReNeuron is making changes to its board and senior management as it prepares for the next phase of development. 2 April 2015
Konstantinos (Kostas) Kosmatopoulos, a founder of anti-tumor immunotherapy specialist Vaxon Biotech, has become chief executive of the company. 30 March 2015
Shares of US biotech firm ACADIA Pharmaceuticals plunged 22% to 34.70 in after-hours trading, after it announced that it now plans to submit a New Drug application for Nuplazid (pimavanserin) for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease in the second half of 2015. 12 March 2015
Jeffrey Barrett has been appointed the founding director for the Centre for Therapeutic Target Validation, a public-private partnership between GlaxoSmithKline, the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. 2 March 2015
Kymab, a pharma company based in Cambridge, UK, focusing on monoclonal antibodies, has appointed Anne Hyland as chief financial officer. 19 February 2015
US biotech major Gilead Sciences has promoted Andrew Cheng to executive vice president of HIV therapeutics and development operations, and Taiyin Yang to executive vice president of pharmaceutical development and manufacturing. 29 January 2015