Harbour BioMed announced the appointment of Dr. Albert R. Collinson as independent non-executive director. Dr. Collinson has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. He has been the president and Chief Executive Officer at Theracos Inc. since July 2009, a pharmaceutical research and development company focusing on mid- to late- stage assets for the treatment of human diseases including type-2 diabetes.

Prior to this appointment at Harbour BioMed, Dr. Collinson founded and served as president and Chief Executive Officer of Opsonic Therapeutics from 2009 to June 2014, a privately held biotechnology company engaged in the development of the next generation of antibody therapeutics. Dr. Collinson also served as the Chief Business Officer of Rib-X Pharmaceuticals from 2004 to 2009, the senior vice president of business development at Phylos Inc. from 2000 to 2004, and the vice president of global research & development licensing at BASF Pharma from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Collinson began his career as a scientist at ImmunoGen Inc. Dr. Collinson received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Brandeis University in 1987 and his bachelor's degree in science in Biology (General) from the University of Rhode Island in 1980.

Dr. Collinson was a post-doctoral fellow at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School.