Adagio Therapeutics, Inc. announced that David Hering,M.B.A., age 47 who has been serving as the company's interim chief executive officer and chief operating officer, has been named permanent CEO. Mr. Hering served as the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer from February 2022 until the Effective Date, and as Chief Operating Officer from June 2021 until the Effective Date. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hering served as the Head of the mRNA Global Franchise Business of Pfizer, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from April 2021 to June 2021, the President of North America Vaccines of Pfizer, Inc. from December 2018 to April 2021 and the Vaccines Commercial Officer of Pfizer, Inc. from June 2015 to December 2018.

Before joining Pfizer in 2015, Mr. Hering spent seven years at Novartis Vaccines, a pharmaceutical company, where he held the position of Head of the North America Region. Mr. Hering received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.