Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Leaving of Javier San Martin, M.D., as the Chief Medical Officer, Effective from February 1, 2024
January 22, 2024 at 06:07 am EST
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Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced Javier San Martin, M.D. as the Chief Medical Officer will be leaving the Company, effective as of February 1, 2024. The Company would like to thank Dr. San Martin for his service and for the many contributions he made as Chief Medical Officer and as a member of the executive team. Bruce Given, M.D., who previously served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer and head of Research and Development until his retirement on May 1, 2020, will assist the Company in the orderly transition of Dr. San Martin's departure in Dr. Given?s new role as Chief Medical Scientist.
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops medicines that treat intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them. The Company's therapies, using a broad portfolio of ribonucleic acid (RNA) chemistries and modes of delivery, trigger the RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism to induce rapid, deep and durable knockdown of target genes. The Company's Targeted RNAi Molecule (TRiMTM) platform utilizes ligand-mediated delivery and is designed to enable tissue-specific targeting while being structurally simple. It is focused on various therapeutic areas, such as cardiometabolic, pulmonary, liver, muscle and central nervous system. It has around 14 clinical-stage investigational medicines (nine wholly owned and five partnered), which range in development stage from Phase I to Phase III. The Company's pipeline products include Plozasiran, Zodasiran, Olpasiran, ARO-RAGE, ARO-MUC5AC, ARO-MMP7, GSK-4532990, Fazirsiran, JNJ-3989, HZN-457, ARO-C3, ARO-PNPLA3, ARO-DUX4 and ARO-SOD1.