Spero Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints Tamara Joseph as Chief Legal Officer
December 02, 2020 at 08:30 am EST
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Spero Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Tamara Joseph as Chief Legal Officer, effective as of December 2, 2020. Ms. Joseph brings significant experience to Spero with over 20 years of leadership roles in the biotechnology sector, overseeing legal, public and government affairs, compliance and risk management. Ms. Joseph most recently served as General Counsel at Millendo Therapeutics, Inc. and previously served as General Counsel at Enzyvant Therapeutics Ltd., InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp., Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mayne Pharma Ltd., and Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. Her experience also includes establishing and leading the ex-US operations of the Biogen Idec Inc. legal and public affairs departments.
Spero Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on focused on identifying and developing novel treatments for rare diseases and multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections with unmet need. Its lead product candidate, SPR720, is an oral antimicrobial agent in development for the treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease, a rare orphan disease. Its partnership-directed programs consist of tebipenem HBr and SPR206. The tebipenem HBr is designed to be the oral carbapenem-class antibiotic for use to treat certain bacterial infections that cause complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs), including pyelonephritis, caused by certain microorganisms, in adult patients who have limited oral treatment options. SPR206 is a direct acting intravenous (IV)-administered product candidate being developed as an option to treat MDR Gram-negative bacterial infections in the hospital setting.