Tony Kings­ley takes over the reins at Schol­ar Rock; Idor­sia taps phar­ma vet Pa­tri­cia Torr for new US ops

→ Schol­ar Rock — which part­nered with Gilead back in 2018 for a dis­cov­ery pact for fi­brot­ic dis­eases — has passed the CEO and pres­i­dent ba­ton down to Tony Kings­ley, who is tak­ing over from Nagesh Ma­han­thap­pa. Kings­ley joined the com­pa­ny’s board of di­rec­tors in May. Pri­or to his new role, Kings­ley was CEO and pres­i­dent of Taris Bio (ac­quired by Janssen Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals). In ad­di­tion, he served as pres­i­dent and COO of The Med­i­cines Com­pa­ny and held po­si­tions at Bio­gen and McK­in­sey & Com­pa­ny among oth­ers.

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