Akre­via scoops ex-Ar­sa­nis chief René Rus­so as CEO; Scott Got­tlieb jumps back in­to in­dus­try; Seat­tle Ge­net­ics raids As­traZeneca for CCO

→ Months af­ter re­sign­ing from Ar­sa­nis — now rel­e­gat­ed to biotech his­to­ry books af­ter a re­verse merg­er with X4 Phar­maRené Rus­so has land­ed her next CEO gig at Akre­via Ther­a­peu­tics. The new role will shift her at­ten­tion from an­ti-in­fec­tives to im­muno-on­col­o­gy, but she will lean on her ex­pe­ri­ence scal­ing up biotech op­er­a­tions from an ear­ly stage. Backed by F-Prime Cap­i­tal and At­las Ven­ture, Akre­via em­ploys plat­form tech that pack­ages a CT­LA4 in­hibitor in a way that the an­ti­body would be in­ac­tive un­til it reach­es the tu­mor mi­croen­vi­ron­ment.

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