BioSenic announced it is strengthening its scientific team with the appointment of Dr. Carole Nicco, as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Carole Nicco will be responsible for managing the company's scientific research and development. She will work closely with the company's CEO, Prof. François Rieger, to further supervise and enhance the company's strategic pipeline development, targeting treatments with its cell therapy and autoimmune disease platforms. Dr. Nicco brings more than two decades of expertise in cancer biology and immunology, inflammation, immunity, new target identification and drug discovery.

Prior to joining the company, Dr. Nicco has actively conducted programs from research all the way through to preclinical trials in collaboration with renown pharma companies (Vertex, BOIRON, IPRAD/GYNOV, Medsenic). Additionally, she has directed dozens of preclinical studies for pathologies ranging from cancer to endometriosis, as well as in autoimmune diseases (SLE, SSc, cGVHD) or pathologies implicating the immune system, including wound healing, uveitis, sepsis, hepatitis and endometriosis. From 2005 to 2023, Carole was one of the principle investigators and the lab manager of the research team Pathogeny andinnovative treatments for chronic fibro-inflammatory diseases at Cochin Institute, a biomedical research center affiliated with INSERM (Unit 1016), CNRS (UMR 8104) and Paris Cité University.

She was also head of the conventional preclinical structure of the Cochin Institute for the 10 last years. Since 2016, Dr. Nicco is a member of the scientific committee and advisory board of four international congresses: Paris Redox, Targeting Mitochondria, Targeting Microbiota and Skin Challenges. In 2023, Dr. Nicco becomes President of the international non-profit organization Redox Medecine Society (previous International Society of Antioxidants in Nutrition and Health).

She is the author of 110 articles published in international scientific journals in the fields of autoimmune disorders, inflammation and cancer. Dr. Nicco holds a Ph.D. in human physiology and physiopathology from Denis Diderot University of Paris, France.