BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Richard J. Barry
President & Chief Executive OfficerRichard (Rick) Barry has served as a Director since June 2021 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in September 2024. Mr. Barry served as Executive Chairman of the Board beginning July 2024 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer. Since June 2015, Mr. Barry has also served as Director of Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: SRPT). Mr. Barry has extensive experience in the investment management business. He was a founding member of Eastbourne Capital Management LLC, and served as a Managing General Partner and Portfolio Manager from 1999 to its close in 2010. Prior to Eastbourne, Mr. Barry was a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director of Robertson Stephens Investment Management. Mr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University.
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Robert Anderson, Jr.
Robert Anderson, Jr. has served as a director since December 2023. Mr. Anderson has decades of operational experience in cybersecurity, counterintelligence, economic espionage and critical incident response and management. Mr. Anderson previously led more than 20,000 FBI employees as the bureau’s Executive Assistant Director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch— the No. 3 position in the organization. From January 2025 until March 2025, Mr. Anderson was a managing partner at Oak Truss Group (formerly Cyber Defense Labs), an advisory firm focused on cybersecurity, where he served as Chief Executive Officer (March 2019 – December 2024) and Chairman of the Board (January 2022 – December 2024). Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master in Public Administration from Wilmington University.
Independent Director- Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
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Dawn Carter Bir
Dawn Bir has served as a Director since October 2025. Dawn brings over 30 years of leadership in biotechnology with emerging and established companies, and diverse experiences including clinical development, commercial, medical, strategic business planning, financial and operations. During 2025, she served as Interim President and CEO of Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN). Before this role, Dawn was Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Reata Pharmaceuticals, through the development and commercialization of their first drug and the company's $7.3 billion acquisition by Biogen in 2023. Previously, she was Vice President at Pharmacyclics through the company's first drug approval, launch, and its $21 billion acquisition by AbbVie in 2015. She currently holds board positions at Geron Corporation and Soleno Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SLNO), both with a focus on treatments for rare and serious diseases. Dawn holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Binghamton University in New York.
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Pierre Gravier
Pierre Gravier has served as a director since December 2023. Since July 2023, Mr. Gravier has been the Chief Financial Officer of PTC Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company. From 2013 to July 2023, Mr. Gravier was previously Managing Director in the healthcare group of Perella Weinberg Partners, a leading global independent advisory firm that provides strategic, financial, and tactical advice in connection with executing mergers, acquisitions and other corporate strategies. Mr. Gravier holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from ESCP Business School and a Master of Science in Bioengineering from the University of Technology of Compiègne.
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Claude Nicaise, M.D.
Claude Nicaise, M.D. has served as a director since December 2023 and was named Chairman of the Board in September 2024. Dr. Nicaise has held clinical/regulatory leadership roles that have resulted in 14 new drug approvals in various diseases areas, including neuroscience. Dr. Nicaise was a Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Global Regulatory Affairs at Alexion Pharmaceuticals from 2008 to 2014. From 1983 to 2008, Dr. Nicaise served in various positions of increasing responsibility at Bristol-Myers Squibb, including senior positions such as Vice President of Global Development and Vice-President of Worldwide Regulatory Science and Strategy. Dr. Nicaise received his M.D. from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.
Independent DirectorChairman of the Board- Chair of the Compensation Committee
- Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
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Patrick Scannon MD, PhD
Dr. Pat Scannon has served as a director since 2007. Dr. Scannon is one of the founders of XOMA Corporation. From 2006 to 2016, Dr. Scannon was Executive Vice President, Chief Biotechnology Officer of XOMA. From 1993 to 2006, Dr. Scannon served as Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of XOMA.
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