
Deborah Birx enters new phase as biotech CEO; Verastem chief announces his retirement
→ After entering the public consciousness with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and embarking on a subsequent book tour, Deborah Birx has replaced Brian Varnum as CEO of Armata Pharmaceuticals, a California biotech developing bacteriophages. Concurrent with Birx’s appointment, Armata also picked up $25 million in funding through a subsidiary of Innoviva, where Birx had a seat on the board of directors before joining Armata. Birx was a mainstay with then-NIAID Director Anthony Fauci in White House press briefings at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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