
LEADERSHIP TEAM

Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer
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Chair & Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UT-Medical Branch
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Previously Professor & Director, Center of RNA Biology, Duke University
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Co-founder Intronn, Veri-Q, & SABio
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Principal investigator on discoveries of IL7R in MS (pub. 2007, 2013 & 2017)

Gaddiel Galarza-Muñoz, PhD
Co-founder & President
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PhD Biology (Molecular Neuroscience), University of Puerto Rico
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Postdoc (Mol. Gen. & RNA Biology), Duke University & UT-Medical Branch
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neurology, UT-Medical Branch
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Pre-clinical developer of IL7R-005

Thomas Forest Farb-Horch
Co-founder & Chief Financial Officer
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Co-founder, President & CEO, Thrive Bioscience
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Ex-President & COO, Indevus Pharmaceuticals
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Ex-EVP & CFO, Interneuron Pharmaceuticals & Cytyc
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Founder of 10+ companies (HNC Software, Saf-T-Med, Exact Sciences)
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General Partner Venture Capital Fund in Shanghai

Takashi Kiyoizumi, MD, PhD
EVP of Business Development
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EVP of International, Thrive Bioscience
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Founder and former CEO, MediciNova
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Former CEO, Tanabe Research Labs US

Bobby W. Sandage Jr., PhD
Senior Advisor, Drug Development & Regulatory Affairs
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CEO and President, Euclises Pharmaceuticals
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General Partner, Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund, St. Louis
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Former CEO and President, Coronado BioSciences