Sanuj Ravindran to lead PellePharm as CEO; Paul Hastings leaves OncoMed; Moderna taps John Mendlein as president
→ A new president and CEO, Sanuj Ravindran, will lead PellePharm into this year’s Phase III trial for its skin cancer drug. PellePharm, which specializes in rare genetic dermatological conditions, has received breakthrough therapy and orphan drug designations for patidegib, which treats Gorlin syndrome. Ravindran comes to PellePharm — and BridgeBio, PellePharm’s lead investor, where he will be CEO-in-residence — from rare disease biotech aTyr. For two years, he led corporate and financial strategy as chief business officer. Once a practicing physician, Ravindran learned about the industry as a venture capitalist for a decade before diving into biotech at the Medicines Company. He will be assisted at PellePharm by an executive team that just got bigger: Alix Alderman has been named VP of regulatory affairs and Gerd Kochendoerfer is the new VP of technical operations and program management.
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