“I want to thank Carl for his many contributions to building and scaling Foghorn’s pipeline culminating in two programs entering Phase 1 clinical studies in 2021,” said Adrian Gottschalk, Chief Executive Officer, Foghorn. “Carl has built a strong scientific team during his tenure and has been a valued partner to me and the entire Foghorn organization.”
Gottschalk continued, “Steven was the second employee of Foghorn and was instrumental in building our proprietary platform enabling our drug discovery activities. His experience at Foghorn and his deep scientific knowledge will be essential in continuing to discover and develop new therapies.”
Prior to joining Foghorn, Steven was executive director and head of structural biology, and lead discovery and project management at
“I am thrilled to assume the role of Chief Scientific Officer at Foghorn and to continue to drive our science forward. I am excited about the tremendous potential in our pipeline and the opportunities to discover and develop additional first in class targets and therapies,” said Dr.
Dr. Carl Decicco commented, “It has been a privilege to serve as Foghorn’s Chief Scientific Officer for the past three years. I am proud of the broad and deep pipeline that we have built and the talent we have attracted to the organization. I look forward to watching Foghorn continue to grow and succeed.”
About
Foghorn® Therapeutics is discovering and developing a novel class of medicines targeting genetically determined dependencies within the chromatin regulatory system. Through its proprietary scalable Gene Traffic Control® platform, Foghorn is systematically studying, identifying and validating potential drug targets within the chromatin regulatory system. The company is developing multiple product candidates in oncology with two currently being investigated in clinical studies.
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