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- BridgeBio Announces Appointment of Thomas Trimarchi, Ph.D., as President and Chief Operating OfficerPALO ALTO, Calif., July 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBIO) ("BridgeBio" or the "Company"), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases, announced that Thomas Trimarchi, Ph.D., has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Dr. Trimarchi will assume his new responsibilities effective immediately and will continue to report directly to CEO and founder, Neil Kumar, Ph.D. In this newly created position, Dr. Trimarchi will be responsible for driving operational excellence, strategic planning, and overall business success at BridgeBio. He will lead cross-functional activities to develop a centralized ope
- BridgeBio launches BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics (BBOT) with $200M of private external capital to accelerate the development of its novel precision oncology pipelineThe oversubscribed financing was led by Cormorant Asset Management and co-led by Omega Funds with participation from affiliates of Deerfield Management, GV (Google Ventures), EcoR1 Capital, Wellington Management, Enavate Sciences, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), Aisling Capital, Casdin Capital, and Longwood FundThis capital raise provides BBOT with runway to achieve significant clinical inflection points over the next 18-24 months as it progresses multiple assets into the clinic to treat patients with a wide variety of RAS and PI3Kα pathway malignancies PALO ALTO, Calif., May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBIO) ("BridgeBio" or the "Company"), a commerci
- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Appoints Pioneering National Leader in Genomics and Workforce Diversity Hannah Valantine to its Board of DirectorsPALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBIO), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases and cancers, today announced that it has added a new independent director to its board: Hannah Valantine, M.D., a national leader in organ transplant genomics who led the National Institutes of Health's efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in biomedical research. Dr. Valantine currently serves as a professor of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she has been a faculty member since 1987. Dr. Valantine was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020 for her research in organ transplantation
- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Appoints Finance and Pharmaceutical Leaders Fred Hassan, Andrea Ellis and Douglas Dachille to its Board of DirectorsPALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:BBIO), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company founded to discover, create, test and deliver meaningful medicines for patients with genetic diseases and cancers with clear genetic drivers, today announced that it has added three new independent directors to its board: Fred Hassan, a pharmaceutical and financial industry giant who is the former CEO of Schering-Plough and former chairman of Bausch & Lomb; Andrea Ellis, a consumer technology innovator and the chief financial officer of Lime; and Douglas Dachille, an investment management veteran and the former chief investment officer of American International
- BIOMEA Fusion Strengthens its Executive Team with Appointment of Franco Valle as Chief Financial OfficerREDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biomea Fusion, Inc. ("Biomea") (NASDAQ:BMEA), a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of irreversible small molecules to treat patients with genetically defined cancers, announced the appointment of Franco Valle as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Valle is an accomplished financial expert who brings extensive experiences to Biomea, in particular with building the necessary infrastructure to support clinical and operational growth within biotech companies. Mr. Valle will also assume the role of Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer upon joining. Recently, Mr. Valle se
- BridgeBio Pharma Reports Inducement Grants under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases, today announced that on January 4, 2021, the compensation committee of BridgeBio’s board of directors granted six new employees restricted stock units for an aggregate of 4,126 shares of the Company’s common stock. All of the above-described awards were made under BridgeBio’s 2019 Inducement Equity Plan (the Plan). The above-described awards were each granted as an inducement material to the employees entering into employment with the Company in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), and were granted pursuant to the te
- Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firm ISS Recommends BridgeBio Pharma and Eidos Therapeutics Stockholders Vote “FOR” Proposed MergerPALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO) today announced that leading proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) recommends that BridgeBio stockholders and Eidos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: EIDX) stockholders vote “FOR” BridgeBio’s proposed merger with Eidos and each of the other proposals to be considered at both companies’ virtual special meetings to be held on January 19, 2021. Under the proposed merger agreement, BridgeBio has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Eidos it does not already own, representing approximately 36.3% of Eidos’ outstanding shares. Eidos stockholders will have the right t