BD exec Goater replaces Biniszkiewicz as chief at Surface Oncology; Ardelyx bids farewell to CSO Caldwell
→ Surface Oncology has promoted its BD chief to run the company. Jeffrey Goater is taking the helm of the Cambridge, MA-based biotech, focused on new drugs targeting CD47 and CD73 in the tumor microenvironment. He’s replacing AstraZeneca vet Detlev Biniszkiewicz, who was recruited a little less than three years ago. There’s no immediate word on Biniszkiewicz’s next step.
→ Jeremy Caldwell is trading the CSO seat at Ardelyx $ARDX for a CEO job at an undisclosed “early stage biotech start-up company based in San Diego,” the Fremont, CA-based company announced today. His departure from the biotech, best known for IBS drug tenapanor, follows a bumpy three-year ride that set tenapanor on course for an NDA submission despite some doubts along the way. No successor has been named just yet. “I believe that tenapanor will play a critical role in treating both hyperphosphatemia and IBS-C in the future. I’m proud of what we’ve discovered with the RDX013 program, as it represents an entirely new approach to treating hyperkalemia,” Caldwell said in a statement.
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