Synlogic, Inc. announced the promotion of Antoine 'Tony' Awad to the position of Chief Operating Officer. As Chief Operating Officer, he will drive the company's end to end development & manufacturing organization and supply chain as well as have broader corporate operations responsibilities, inclusive of laboratory operations, IT infrastructure, and the quality organization. He joined Synlogic in December 2018 as Head of Technical Operations. He brings over 15 years of experience in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry with substantial experience in the development and manufacturing of novel therapeutics from pre-IND studies through global commercialization. Prior to joining the company, he served as Senior Vice President of CMC and Operations at Abpro Therapeutics and L.E.A.F. Pharmaceuticals and served in roles of increasing responsibility at Ipsen Biosciences and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. Tony is a graduate of Boston University and holds degree in biochemistry and molecular biology and conducted graduate research at Boston University School of Dental Medicine. Synlogic also announced the appointment of Andrew Marsh as Head of Development Operations. Andrew brings over 15 years of experience across an array of therapeutic areas, including rare diseases and oncology, and has executed initial IND through registrational human clinical studies. Prior to joining the company he served as Ra Pharmaceuticals' Head of Clinical Development. Andrew is a graduate of Boston University and holds a degree in biomedical engineering. He will be responsible for Clinical Operations, Biometrics, and Clinical Bioanalytics, and will drive execution of clinical studies of Synthetic Biotic medicines, including SYNB1618 for the potential treatment of PKU, SYNB8802 for the potential treatment of enteric hyperoxaluria, and SYNB1891 for the potential treatment of solid tumors in combination with checkpoint inhibitors.
Synlogic, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company advancing novel therapeutics to transform the care of serious diseases. The Company is focused on rare metabolic disorders, with its lead program, labafenogene marselecobac (SYNB1934), studied in Synpheny-3, a global, pivotal Phase 3 study for patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), and SYNB1353, a potential treatment for homocystinuria (HCU). The Company's early-stage pipeline includes product candidates for enteric hyperoxaluria, gout, and cystinuria, and has been fueled by a reproducible, proprietary approach that creates gastrointestinal (GI)-restricted, oral medicines with new enzymatic pathways designed to consume or produce specific biological targets. It designs, develops and manufactures these drug candidates, which are produced by applying genetic engineering to well-characterized probiotics. The Companyâs preclinical work includes additional metabolic disease research.
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