Tariq Kas­sum jumps from Ob­sid­i­an to Cel­sius helm; Quell Ther­a­peu­tics taps Iain McGill as new CEO

→ Cam­bridge, Mass­a­chu­setts-based Cel­sius Ther­a­peu­tics — which was launched in 2018 and backed by Third Rock Ven­tures and GV — has tapped Tariq Kas­sum to the helm. Kas­sum suc­ceed­ed Alex­is Borisy, who has been in­ter­im CEO and who stay as chair­man of the board of di­rec­tors.

Borisy re­cent­ly made an un­ex­pect­ed ex­it from Third Rock, be­fore their record $770 mil­lion fund for its next wave of in­vest­ments in the life sci­ence field.

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