4D pharma plc announced the appointment of Ed Baracchini, PhD, and Professor Axel Glasmacher, MD, as independent Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect. Ed Baracchini, PhD, was previously the Chief Business Officer at Xencor Inc. where he led strategic alliances and licensing. During his time at Xencor he negotiated license agreements with Novartis ($2.6 billion: immune-oncology bispecific antibodies), Novo Nordisk ($600 million: drug discovery collaboration), Amgen ($500 million: option and development agreement autoimmune disease antibody) among numerous others. Prior to that he served as SVP Business Development for Metabasis Therapeutics. Professor Dr. med. Axel Glasmacher was until recently Senior Vice President and Head of the Global Clinical Research and Development Hematology Oncology at Celgene, where he has worked in various global roles for more than ten years. His work at Celgene led to the approvals of Revlimid®, Idhifa®, and Vidaza® (haematological cancers). He also worked on the PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab. Prior to Celgene, Professor Glasmacher worked within the fields of hematology-oncology at the University Hospital in Bonn.