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DUBLIN, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Antibody Discovery Market: Focus on Services and Platforms - Distribution by Type of Service Offered, Antibody Discovery Method, Type of Antibody Generated, Nature of Antibody Generated, Therapeutic Areas and Key Geographies: Industry Trends and Global Forecasts, 2023-2035" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global antibody discovery services and platforms market is poised for significant growth, with a projected value of over $1.6 billion in 2023 and a forecasted Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.0% during the coming years. The market is driven by pharmaceutical companies' increasing reliance on outsourcing antibody discovery processes and the growing demand for targeted therapies. Streamlining Drug Development with Outsourcing The traditional drug development process is lengthy, spanning 10-15 years and involving investments of over $2 billion. Despite these efforts and investments, more than 90% of drug candidates fail in clinical trials. To streamline drug development, reduce timelines, and mitigate financial risks associated with failed trials, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly outsourcing their discovery-stage operations to specialized contract research organizations (CROs). Outsourcing allows companies to optimize resource utilization, save costs, and tap into a global network of scientific talent, ultimately enhancing the efficiency and success rate of bringing novel antibody-based therapeutics to market. Evolution of Monoclonal Antibodies Since the approval of the first monoclonal antibody-based therapy, Orthoclone OKT3, in 1986, monoclonal antibodies have become a versatile class of biopharmaceuticals. These antibodies have seen significant advancements in engineering, format diversification, and discovery methods. Over 160 monoclonal antibodies have been approved worldwide for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, chronic inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. Recent approvals include ELREXFIOT, TALVEYT, Rystiggo, COLUMVI, and EPKINLYT. Due to the complexities associated with discovering such antibodies, many firms are licensing and utilizing specialized antibody discovery platforms and technologies, driving the growth of the antibody discovery services and platforms market. Market Drivers: Biotech Advancements and Increasing Demand Key drivers of the global antibody discovery services and platforms market include recent advancements in biotechnology, a growing demand for targeted therapies, rising prevalence of chronic diseases, increased R&D expenditure in the pharmaceutical industry, and a growing trend of outsourcing antibody discovery. Collaborations between academic institutions and antibody discovery companies further contribute to market growth. Market Size and Segments The global market size for antibody discovery services and platforms is projected to grow at an annualized CAGR of 11.0% during the forecast period. The hit generation segment holds the largest market share, driven by its significance in R&D expenditure. In terms of the antibody discovery method, the hybridoma method is dominant, thanks to its capability to create immortalized cell lines for continuous antibody manufacturing. Regional Analysis: North America Leads North America currently captures nearly 40% of the market, driven by a rising interest in advanced antibody discovery platforms and increased outsourcing in the pharmaceutical industry. North America is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 12% during the forecast period. Key Players and Recent Developments Key players in the antibody discovery services and platforms market include Ablexis, Antibody Solutions, ChemPartner, GenScript, Genmab, Harbour BioMed, ImmunoPrecise, Mabsilico, and more. Recent developments in the field include the launch of transgenic mouse-based antibody discovery platforms and initiatives to support the discovery of bispecific antibody formats. Recent Developments: In June 2023, AbTherx announced the launch of its transgenic mouse-based antibody discovery platform, AtlasT Mice. In June 2023, Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals, a China-based company, launched its Sanyou Super Trillion Common Light Chain Antibody Discovery Platform, which supports the discovery of bispecific antibody formats. In January 2023, IASO Biotherapeutics raised USD 75 million in a venture series C round, highlighting the increasing funding activity in the antibody drug discovery service and platform domain. In March 2023, Twist Bioscience announced the launch of its antibody discovery services under the Twist Biopharma Solutions subsidiary after acquiring Abveris, an antibody discovery CRO, in 2022. Key Topics Covered: 1. PREFACE 2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3. ECONOMIC AND OTHER PROJECT SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS 4. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5. INTRODUCTION 6. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY: PROCESS AND METHODS 7. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS: MARKET LANDSCAPE 8. COMPANY COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS 9. COMPANY PROFILES: ANTIBODY DISCOVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS 10. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES: MARKET LANDSCAPE 11. TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS 12. COMPANY PROFILES: ANTIBODY DISCOVERY PLATFORM PROVIDERS 13. PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS 14. FUNDING AND INVESTMENT ANALYSIS 15. MARKET IMPACT ANALYSIS: DRIVERS, RESTRAINTS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 16. GLOBAL ANTIBODY DISCOVERY SERVICES MARKET 17. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY SERVICES MARKET, BY TYPE OF SERVICE OFFERED 18. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY SERVICES MARKET, BY TYPE OF ANTIBODY DISCOVERY METHOD 19. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY SERVICES MARKET, BY NATURE OF ANTIBODY DISCOVERED 20. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY SERVICES MARKET, BY TYPE OF THERAPEUTIC AREAS 21. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY SERVICES MARKET, BY KEY GEOGRAPHIES 22. GLOBAL ANTIBODY DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES MARKET 23. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES MARKET, BY TYPE OF ANTIBODY DISCOVERED 24. ANTIBODY DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES MARKET, BY KEY GEOGRAPHIES 25. LICENSING DEAL STRUCTURE 26. SWOT ANALYSIS: ANTIBODY HUMANIZATION SERVICE PROVIDERS 27. CASE IN POINT: DRUG DISCOVERY PROCESSES OF TOP SELLING ANTIBODIES 28. FUTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN ANTIBODY DISCOVERY 29. CONCLUSION 30. EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS 31. APPENDIX 1: TABULATED DATA 32. APPENDIX 2: LIST OF COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATION Companies Mentioned 2BScientific 3SBio AAT Bioquest Ab Initio Biotherapeutics Ab Studio ABBA Therapeutics AbBioSci Abbiotec AbbVie Abcalis Abcam AbCellera Abcentra (formerly CardioVax) Abcepta AbCheck Abclonal Abcore ABDYS Abeome Abexxa Biologics ABGENEX AbGenics Life Sciences Abilita Bio ABL Bio Ablexis Ablynx Abnova Abpro AbSano Absci Absea Biotechnology Absolute Antibody Abterra Biosciences AbTherx AbTis Abveris (Acquired by Twist Bioscience) AbVision Abwiz Bio Abzena Abzyme Therapeutics AC Immune Acceleron Pharma Accurus Biosciences AceMab Achaogen Aclys Bio ACROBiosystems ACYTE Biotech Adagene Adaptate Biotherapeutics ADC Therapeutics Adcentrx Therapeutics Adimab AdipoGen Life Sciences Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Aduro Biotech AffinityImmuno AFSBio Aganitha Agency for Science, Technology and Research Agenus Agro-Bio AIMM Therapeutics Aimmune Therapeutics Akeagen Akeso Akeso Biopharma Alacrita Alamar Biosciences Aldevron Alector Alexion AlivaMab Discovery Services Alligator Bioscience Allogene Therapeutics Alloy Therapeutics Almirall AlpalifeBio ALSA Ventures Alvaxa Biosciences (Acquired by Sensei Biotherapeutics) ALX Oncology Alytas Therapeutics Amerigo Scientific Amgen AMSBIO Analytics Engine AnaptysBio Angios Annoron Biotechnology Antengene Antibodies Incorporated Antibodies-online Antibody Analytics Antibody Design Labs Antibody Production Services (A division of Life Science Group) Antibody Solutions Antiverse AP Biosciences Apexigen APITBIO Applied Biological Materials Applied StemCell AprilBio Aptevo Therapeutics Aragen Life Sciences Aravive Arctoris Arcus Biosciences argenx Aridis Pharmaceuticals aRNAy Sciences Aro Biotherapeutics Aronora Arsanis Artizan Biosciences Arvinas ARVYS Proteins AskGene Pharma Astellas AstraZeneca aTen Therapeutics Atlantis Bioscience Atlas Venture Atreca ATUM Aureka Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services Autolus Therapeutics Automated Lab Solutions AvantGen Aviva Systems Biology AxioMx Axxora Bayer BBI Group BBI Solutions Beckman Coulter BeiGene BenevolentAI Berkeley Lights Betta Pharmaceuticals Bhami's Research Laboratories Bhat Bio-tech India Big Cypress Acquisition BigHat Biosciences Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute Bio Bench BioArctic BioAtla BioBench Solutions Biochem Pharma BioClue (Acquired by ImmunoPrecise Antibodies) Bio-Connect Biocure Technology Biocytogen BioD BioDuro-Sundia Biogen BioHub International Trade Bioinborn Scientific Biointron BioInvent BioKey (Acquired by ImmunoPrecise Antibodies) Biologics International Biomolecular Discovery Services BioNTech Bioqube Ventures Bio-Rad Laboratories Biosion BioStrand (Acquired by ImmunoPrecise Antibodies) Biosynth Biotalys Bio-Techne Biotecnol BIOTEM BioTeZ Biotheus BioTickle BioVision BioXpress Therapeutics Bird Rock Bio Blue Sky BioServices (Acquired by LakePharma) BlueBird Bio Bluejay Therapeutics Boan Biotech Boehringer Ingelheim Bolt Biotherapeutics Boster Biological Technology Bristol Myers Squibb Broteio Pharma CALIXAR Cambridge Research Biochemicals CANbridge Pharmaceuticals Cancer Research UK Cantargia Capra Science Capralogics Caris Life Sciences Carterra CASI Pharmaceuticals Catalent Biologics Cayman Chemical CD ComputaBio CDI Laboratories Celexion Celgene Cell Signaling Technology Celltrion Celros Biotech Celsius Therapeutics Centre for Applied Medical Research Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Charles River ChemBio Discovery Solutions ChemPartner Cherry Biolabs Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Chiome Bioscience Chipscreen Biosciences ChromoTek Chugai Pharmabody Research Chugai Pharmaceutical Cidara Therapeutics Cilag Citryll City of Hope Cizzle Biotechnology Clayton Biotechnologies Click Chemistry Tools Clinica Universidad de Navarra CliniSciences Columbia University Irving Medical Center Compass Therapeutics Context Therapeutics Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium Corvidia Therapeutics Cosmo Bio CP Qingdao Creative Bioarray Creative Biolabs Creative Biostructure Creative Diagnostics Crescendo Biologics Crystal Bioscience CSL Behring Cstone Pharmaceuticals CureVac Curia CUSABIO Cyclogenix Cygnus Technologies DAAN Biotherapeutics Daiichi Sankyo Dako Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Danaher DaTaMabs DBA Italia Deerfield Discovery and Development Denali Therapeutics DetaiBio Diagnostic BioSystems Diatheva Digital Proteomics Dingkang Biology discoveric bio Distributed Bio DJS Antibodies Dragonfly Therapeutics E2DG Eisai Elabscience Eli Lilly and Company Elpis Biopharmaceuticals Emergent BioSolutions Empirico e-nnovation Life Sciences ENPICOM Enthera Entos Pharmaceuticals Envigo EpimAb Biotherapeutics EQRx Erasmus MC Ethris Eureka Therapeutics Eurofins Discovery Everest Medicines Evitria Evotec EVQLV Exelixis ExeVir Bio Exiris exonbio Exscientia Faculta (Acquired by Prosci) FairJourney Biologics Faron Pharmaceuticals Ferring Pharmaceuticals FibroGen Five Prime Therapeutics Fluoroprobes Forty Seven Foundery Innovations Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research French Institute of Health and Medical Research Frugi Biotechnology Funakoshi Fusion Antibodies Fusion Pharmaceuticals G&P Biosciences G.CLIPS BIOTECH Gator Bio Genagon Therapeutics Gene Techno Science GeneBeyond Genedata GeneFrontier GENEWIZ (Acquired by Azenta Life Sciences) GeneX India Bioscience Genmab Genome Institute of Singapore Genor Biopharma GenoSafe Genovac GenScript Genuv Gen-Y Biologics GigaGen Gilead Sciences Gladstone Institutes Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Glythera Gmax Biopharm Government of British Columbia Government of Canada Green Mountain Antibodies Grenoble Hospital GSK Gustave Roussy GV20 Therapeutics HaemaLogiX Hangzhou Qiantang River Electric Harbour Antibodies Harbour BioMed Harpoon Therapeutics HD Biosciences Helix BioPharma Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Henlix Biotech Heptares Therapeutics HI-Bio HiFiBiO Therapeutics Himalaya Therapeutics H-Immune Therapeutics (Acquired by HiFiBiO Therapeutics) HJB Holzel Diagnostika Handels Horizon Discovery Hualan Genetic Engineering Hubrecht Institute Humanigen Hummingbird Bioscience I&L Biosystems i2 Pharmaceuticals IAMA France IASO Biotherapeutics Ibex Biosciences iBio Icagen Icosagen IGEM Therapeutics IgGenix IGM Biosciences I-Mab Biopharma iMetabolic Biopharma Immatics Biotechnologies Immorna Immune Biosolutions Immune Pharmaceuticals Immunitas Therapeutics immunitoAI Immunochem ImmunoChina Pharmaceuticals ImmunoGenes Immunome Immunomic Therapeutics ImmunoPrecise Antibodies ImmunoQure Immusmol Immutep In-Cell-Art Incyte Indivumed InflaRx Inhibrx Innate Pharma InnoBation Bio Innovagen Innovative Targeting Solutions Innovent Inotiv InstaDeep Institute for Research in Biomedicine Intarcia Therapeutics (Acquired by i2o Therapeutics) Integral Molecular Integrated DNA Technologies International Livestock Research Institute Invenra Invetx IONTAS IRBM Isogenica Italian National Institute of Health ITBMed iTeos Therapeutics Janssen Jazz Pharmaceuticals Johnson & Johnson Innovation Jotbody Jounce Therapeutics Juno Therapeutics Junshi Biosciences Just Biotherapeutics JW Pharmaceuticals Kadmon Kairos Therapeutics KAKEN PHARMACEUTICAL Kanwhish Biotechnology KareBay Biochem Karolinska University Hospital Kemp Proteins KGbio Kite Pharma KMD Bioscience Kodiak Sciences KYinno Kymab Kyoritsuseiyaku Kyowa Kirin La Jolla Institute for Immunology LabGenius Labtoo LakePharma LamKap Bio LAMPIRE Biological Labs Lanier Biotherapeutics Lava Therapeutics Leadgene Biomedical Leading Biology Leads Biolabs LegoChem Biosciences Leica Microsystems LEO Pharma LG Chem LifeArc LifeTein Ligand Pharmaceuticals Light Chain Bioscience Lineage Cell Therapeutics Lonza Loxo Oncology Lunaphore Lundbeck Luye Pharma MAB Discovery MabGenesis Mablytics Mabpharm MAbSilico mAbsolve MabSpace Biosciences Mabtech MabVax Mabworks MacroGenics Magenta Therapeutics Maine Biotechnology 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None  Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please send the good word—or the bad—from your shop to Max Bayer or Gabrielle Masson, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.  Lilly’s US leader takes the reins of critical diabetes and obesity unit Eli Lilly With Eli Lilly on the precipice of one of its most consequential FDA approvals ever, the company is making major executive moves.   The company’s head of obesity and diabetes, Mike Mason, is retiring, according to an announcement, just months before the Indianapolis pharma is expected to hear word from the FDA on diabetes med Mounjaro. It's expected to join the likes of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy as a treatment for obesity. Replacing Mason is Patrik Jonsson, president of the company's U.S. region, who will keep both titles when assumes the new position Jan. 1.  He will relinquish his duties leading Lilly’s immunology unit, however. The company’s chief scientific officer and head of Lilly Research Laboratories, Daniel Skovronsky, M.D., Ph.D., will take over. Skovronsky will be aided by new hire Mark Genovese, M.D., tapped as the senior vice president of immunology. He was the former senior VP of inflammation development at Gilead Sciences and also a professor at Stanford University.  Lilly’s oncology chief David Hyman, M.D., is also getting a title bump, rising to chief medical officer while keeping his cancer oversight duties. To round out the executive rearrangement, Jennifer Oleksiw is being promoted to group vice president and global chief customer officer, and the company's EVP of corporate affairs and communications, Leigh Ann Pusey, is leaving for a new opportunity in the nation’s capital. Fierce Pharma  Deja vu: Flagship plucks another Big Pharma R&D leader Flagship Pioneering  Tell me if you’ve heard this story before: A big-time pharma R&D leader heads for the exits, only to wind up as a top partner at venture creation firm Flagship Pioneering. Well, that tale as old as time (read: the last few years) has added a new chapter. Flagship is adding ex-GSK research leader John Lepore, M.D., to its ranks as CEO-partner, shortly after his departure was announced from the British Big Pharma. He’ll start by taking over ProFound Therapeutics, which last week announced that Klaus Urbahns, Ph.D., would join as CSO. Urbahns was the site head for EMD Serono’s R&D site in Billerica, Massachusetts, which had layoffs earlier this year.  Lepore’s arrival is the third in a recent line of BIg Pharma research leaders to jump to Flagship. Former Bristol Myers Squibb R&D chief Rupert Vessey became Flagship’s chief scientist earlier this year, and Michael Severino jumped from AbbVie last year to lead gene editing biotech Tessera. Fierce Biotech  Gilead’s Kite names new global research chief Kite Pharma New Kite CEO Cindy Perettie has made one of her largest hires since taking the reins, naming Priti Hegde, Ph.D., as the global head of research. The two are reuniting after both working at Foundation Medicine.  Hegde was previously the chief scientific officer at Foundation, steering early research and development of the biotech's genomic profiling work. She’ll now be subbing diagnostics for cell therapy, with Kite looking to maintain its footprint among an ever-growing list of competitors looking to crack CAR-T development.  The company is bolstered by FDA-approved therapies Yescarta and Tecartus, which Kite is working on growing. Yescarta is currently in development as a second-line treatment for high-risk follicular lymphoma, a first-line treatment for high-risk large B-cell lymphoma and a second-line treatment for large B-cell lymphoma in the outpatient setting. Tecartus is being tested as a treatment for pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia and rare B-cell malignancies. Kite-772 is also in development to treat relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. Perettie, who joined Kite at the end of May, was the CEO at Foundation while Hegde was CSO. Release > Shephard Mpofu, M.D., has left Novartis after 20 years for immunology-focused Acelyrin, where he will take on the role as SVP of development. Mpofu most recently served as Novartis’ chief medical officer for its gene therapy franchise. Release > Artbio has appointed Nick Pullen, Ph.D., to be chief scientific officer. Before Artbio, Pullen was Jnana Therapeutics' SVP and head of research, and also previously held leadership positions at Celgene/BMS and Pfizer. Release > Jeremy Sokolove, M.D., has left GSK for Odyssey Therapeutics, where he will serve as chief medical officer. Before joining the immuno-oncology biotech, Sokolove was GSK’s SVP and head of clinical pharmacology and experimental medicine; he also previously served as AbbVie’s head of immunology translational science. Release > UniQure is losing a fifth of its employees, including Chief Scientific Officer Ricardo Dolmetsch, Ph.D., who will be retained as a scientific consultant until the end of the year. Richard Porter, Ph.D., will take his place with the combined role of chief business and scientific officer. Fierce Biotech > Swiss biotech Asceneuron has tapped Barbara Angehrn Pavik for the top spot as Dirk Beher, Ph.D., co-founder, original chief scientific officer and CEO since 2014, transitions to the role of chief scientific advisor. Angehrn Pavik has held leadership roles at Amgen, Onyx, Exelixis, CSL's Vifor and was the founder and CEO of Stepstone Pharma. Release > Aadi Bioscience has appointed Dave Lennon, Ph.D., to lead the company, taking the reins from Interim CEO Scott Giacobello, who will continue in his role as chief financial officer.  Lennon joins the oncology biotech from Satellite Bio, where he served as CEO, and has 15 years of experience at Novartis under his belt. Release > Kezar Life Sciences is undergoing a 41% workforce reduction, sending Chief Medical Officer Noreen Henig, M.D., and CEO John Fowler out the door as well. Christopher Kirk, Ph.D., a co-founder of Kezar who served as president and chief scientific officer until this April, will take on the CEO role, while Zung To, senior vice president of clinical development operations, will assume responsibility for clinical trials and drug development operations. Fierce Biotech > Amid a layoff round, Syros Pharmaceuticals’ CEO Nancy Simonian, M.D., has announced her upcoming retirement. Conley Chee, who currently serves as chief commercial officer and chief business officer, will succeed Simonian starting Dec. 2. Fierce Biotech > Broken String Biosciences has looped in two new leaders: Vincent Smith, Ph.D., as chief technology officer and Jessica Rich as VP of business. Before joining the genomics company, Smith held executive-level roles at Base Genomics and Exact Sciences Innovation, while Rich has senior leadership experience from Bionano, Synthego and 54gene. Release  > Aura Biosciences is bringing on Jill Hopkins, M.D., to serve as chief medical officer and president of R&D—replacing former CMO Cadmus Rich, M.D.—and Mark Plavsic, Ph.D., to serve as chief technology officer. Hopkins joins after serving as Novartis’ SVP and global head of ophthalmology and exploratory development, as well as CEO of Novartis’ Gyroscope Therapeutics, while Plavsic joins from Fate Therapeutics, with past experience at Lysogene, Sanofi Genzyme, AstraZeneca, Q-One Biotech and Life Technologies. Release > Twist Bioscience has tapped Mark Buck to serve as SVP of operations. Before joining Twist, Buck was the corporate SVP of operations and global supply chain at Excelitas Technologies Corporation. Release > U.K. biotech Myricx has chosen Francesca Zammarchi, Ph.D., to serve as chief scientific officer. Zammarchi joins from ADC Therapeutics, where she spent 10 years, most recently as head of preclinical pharmacology. Release > Araris Biotech has selected Dragan Grabulovski, Ph.D., to lead the company as acting CEO while founding CEO Philipp Spycher, Ph.D., transitions to the chief scientific officer spot. Grabulovski is an adviser for his practice Grabulovski Consulting Services and the former CSO and co-founder of Covagen, which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson’s Cilag GmbH International in 2014. Release > Alpine Immune Sciences has appointed Wolfgang Dummer, M.D., Ph.D., to serve as chief medical officer, succeeding Andrew Sandler, M.D. Dummer joins from Rigel Pharmaceuticals, where he was CMO, and has past leadership experience at BioMarin and Roche’s Genentech. Release > Nuvig Therapeutics is welcoming Alan Glicklich, M.D., aboard as chief medical officer. Glicklich just departed Chinook Therapeutics, where he was also CMO, and has held past roles across Bird Rock Bio, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Bristol Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis and Regeneron. Release 

Physician and biopharmaceutical leadership executive with extensive experience in novel drug development, operations management, and team building REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nuvig Therapeutics, Inc., a private biotech company developing novel biologic therapeutics to treat inflammatory autoimmune diseases, announced today the appointment of Alan Glicklich, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Glicklich has more than 25 years of experience in biotech companies advancing novel drug candidates across all stages of development and building teams to ensure quality and safety. “Alan is an experienced drug developer of novel medicines for rare diseases. He is passionate about improving the health and quality of life for patients,” said Julie Anne Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Nuvig Therapeutics. “In addition, Alan’s natural acumen for hiring talent is critical as we build a powerhouse at Nuvig, and I’m delighted to welcome him to the team.” Dr. Glicklich added, “What excites me about Nuvig is the unique therapeutic approach and the possibilities it has to improve and extend the lives of patients with chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases. I look forward to working with the high-caliber team at Nuvig to advance our clinical programs to maximize the therapeutic impact of this incredible opportunity in medicine.” Prior to Nuvig, Dr. Glicklich was the Chief Medical Officer at Chinook Therapeutics, where he focused on biologics and small molecules for rare, chronic kidney diseases. While at Chinook, he built teams responsible for clinical development, clinical operations, medical affairs, biometrics, and regulatory pharmacovigilance. In addition, he designed and operationalized a successful Phase 3 registrational study for atrasentan, a novel, selective endothelin A receptor antagonist (SERA). Before working at Chinook, Dr. Glicklich was the Chief Medical Officer at Bird Rock Bio, focusing on monoclonal antibody development for inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. Prior to Bird Rock Bio, he was the Vice President of Clinical Development at Arena Pharmaceuticals where he designed and oversaw operations for several Phase 2 programs, including ralinepag in pulmonary artery hypertension and the etrasimod program for ulcerative colitis. Earlier in his career Dr. Glicklich held positions at Bristol Myers Squibb, Sanofi-Aventis, and Regeneron. Dr. Glicklich received a B.A. in biology from the University of Chicago and an M.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He also holds an MBA from Emory University Goizueta Business School. About Nuvig Therapeutics Nuvig Therapeutics is advancing an innovative and transformational pipeline of novel immune therapeutics for chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. For more info, visit .