KYMR - Leadership updates

Penny Carlson will oversee global clinical development operations across Kymera's oral immunology portfolio Jeremy Chadwick will retire from his role as Chief Operating Officer WATERTOWN, Mass., June 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a new class of oral small molecule degrader medicines for immunological diseases, today announced the appointment of Penny Carlson as Senior Vice President, Development Operations. Ms. Carlson brings more than two decades of biopharmaceutical leadership experience across clinical program management, study execution and data management, with a track record of advancing n

Highly experienced partners bringing 25+ years of leadership across top-tier life-sciences investment fund, pharma and Biopharma companies, driving accelerated portfolio development With leadership experience at Blackstone Life Sciences (Deputy Chief Operating Officer), Biogen, (NASDAQ:BIIB), and public and private Biopharma companies (including Kymera Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KYMR) and Cygnal Therapeutics), Elaine Caughey will support portfolio companies in strengthening operational execution, defining robust market access pathways, and enhancing their strategic value through business development support, including partnerships and acquisition transactions. She will also draw on her know

WATERTOWN, Mass., Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a new class of oral small molecule degrader medicines for immunological diseases, today announced the appointment of Brian Adams, JD, as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Adams is a highly accomplished legal executive with nearly two decades of leadership in the life sciences, spanning corporate development, strategic planning, and governance. He will lead Kymera's legal, governance, and intellectual property functions. Mr. Adams will succeed Ellen Chiniara who is retiring from her role to focus on board service, mentoring and oth

WATERTOWN, Mass., May 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a new class of oral small molecule degrader medicines for immunological diseases, will announce results from the Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating single and multiple-ascending doses of KT-621 in healthy volunteers on Monday, June 2, 2025. The Company will host a video webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET that day. To join the video call or view the livestreamed webcast, please register via this link, or visit "News and Events" in the Investors section of the Company's website at www.kymeratx.com. A replay of the webcast and copy of the presentation will be a

IRF5 program strengthens Kymera's oral immunology pipeline with a complementary mechanism to expand into rheumatic and other autoimmune diseases with a potential best-in-class oral drug IRF5, a historically undrugged transcription factor and master regulator of immunity, has strong genetic and clinical pathway validation across multiple diseases including RA, SLE, IBD and others KT-579, a potent, selective, oral degrader of IRF5 with an excellent profile in preclinical safety studies, has demonstrated activity comparable or superior to approved and clinically active drugs in multiple efficacy animal models of lupus and RA IND-enabling studies are ongoing with Phase 1 testing expected to

Watertown, Mass., April 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a new class of oral small molecule degrader medicines for immunological diseases, today announced that it will host a video webcast from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday, May 9, 2025. The company will report first quarter 2025 financial results and also disclose its new oral development candidate targeting a high value undrugged target for multiple autoimmune and rheumatic diseases. Additionally, the Company will review highlights and upcoming milestones across its industry-leading immunology pipeline. To join the video call or view the li

WATERTOWN, Mass., April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a new class of oral small molecule degrader medicines for immunological diseases, today announced the appointment of Noah Goodman, M.B.A., as Chief Business Officer. Mr. Goodman brings a wealth of diverse experience in the life sciences industry to Kymera and will lead business development strategy and activities for the company. "We continue to stay focused on our mission of building a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing oral drugs with biologics-like activity," said Nello Mainolfi, Ph.D., Founder,

Company's focus on advancing first-in-class oral degraders with biologics-like activity to address areas of significant patient need and market potential STAT6 oral degrader KT-621, with dupilumab-like activity, expected to enter Phase 1 clinical trial in the second half of 2024 TYK2 oral degrader KT-294, with a TYK2 loss-of-function profile and expected biologics-like activity, planned to enter Phase 1 clinical trial in the first half of 2025 IRAK4 oral degrader KT-474 (SAR444656) expected to complete enrollment in both Phase 2 HS and AD studies in fourth quarter of 2024, with topline data expected in the first half of 2025 Company to hold virtual Immunology R&D Day webcast today at

WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a new class of small molecule medicines using targeted protein degradation (TPD), today shared webcast information for the virtual Immunology R&D Day that the Company will host on January 4, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET. The R&D Day will focus on the Company's emerging pipeline of high-value immunology programs, including new target disclosures, supporting preclinical data and timing to clinical study initiation. To join the webcast, please visit this link, or the "Events and Presentations" page of the Investors section on the Company'

WATERTOWN, Mass., May 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation (TPD) to deliver novel small molecule protein degrader medicines, today announced the appointment of Jeremy Chadwick, Ph.D., as Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Chadwick joins Kymera with extensive experience overseeing global development operations, regulatory and program management at a range of biopharmaceutical companies. As a member of the Company's senior management team, Dr. Chadwick will develop and execute near-term and long-range strategies to maximize the impact of Kymera's expanding pipeline. "At Kymera, we ha

WATERTOWN, Mass., Jan. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation (TPD) to deliver novel small molecule protein degrader medicines, today announced the appointment of Ellen Chiniara, J.D., as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Chiniara joins Kymera with extensive experience overseeing legal activities at biopharmaceutical companies ranging from the discovery phase through commercialization. Ms. Chiniara will lead Kymera's legal, governance, and intellectual property functions as a member of the Company's senior management team. "We continue to scale rapidly and broade

WATERTOWN, Mass., Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation to deliver novel small molecule protein degrader medicines, today announced the appointment of Victor Sandor, M.D.C.M., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Sandor joins Kymera's Board as a senior executive with deep expertise in global biopharmaceutical clinical development. Kymera also announced that Don Nicholson, PhD, who has served on Kymera's Board of Directors for the past five years, will retire from his position. "At this stage of Kymera's evolution, we will greatly benefit from Victor's experience building develo

Maraganore brings more than 35 years of scientific, research and development, capital markets and managerial leadership expertise to ProKidney Fox joins Board with more than 25 years of healthcare investment banking, finance and capital markets experience WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProKidney Corp. (NASDAQ:PROK) ("ProKidney" or the "Company"), a leading clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on therapies for chronic kidney disease ("CKD"), today announced the appointments of John M. Maraganore, Ph.D. and Jennifer Fox to its Board of Directors. "We are thrilled to welcome John and Jen to the ProKidney Board. They each have a wealth of experience t

WATERTOWN, Mass., July 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation to deliver novel small molecule protein degrader medicines, today announced the appointment of Leigh Morgan to its Board of Directors. Ms. Morgan joins Kymera's Board as a senior executive accomplished in scaling global, profitable, high-performing organizations. "Leigh has distinguished herself as an expert in developing world-class organizations in a wide variety of settings, and I'm thrilled to welcome her to Kymera's Board of Directors," said Nello Mainolfi, PhD, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive

WATERTOWN, Mass., Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation to deliver novel small molecule protein degrader medicines, today announced the appointment of John Maraganore, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Maraganore joins Kymera's Board after having led Alnylam Pharmaceuticals as founding CEO and Director and transformed the field of RNA therapeutics for the last nearly 20 years. "John has been a true pioneer and an inspiration for the whole biotech industry. As founding CEO of Alnylam, he has built one of the most successful biotech companies, evolving RNA therapeuti

WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation to deliver novel small molecule protein degrader medicines, today announced the appointment of Vijay Sabesan as Senior Vice President, Technical Operations. "Vijay comes to Kymera with over 25 years of experience in pharma and biotech, contributing to multiple drug development programs through clinical stages and commercial approval," said Nello Mainolfi, PhD, Co-Founder, President and CEO, Kymera Therapeutics. "He has a demonstrated history of building and growing high-performing teams and developing leaders within

WATERTOWN, Mass., May 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation to deliver novel small molecule protein degrader medicines, today announced the appointment of Juliet Williams, PhD, as Senior Vice President, Head of Biology. Dr. Williams joins Kymera with 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, including leadership roles in drug discovery and translational development. "I'm very excited to welcome Juliet to the leadership team at Kymera," said Nello Mainolfi, PhD, Co-Founder, President and CEO, Kymera Therapeutics. "Juliet has been a successful drug hunter in bo

WATERTOWN, Mass., March 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing targeted protein degradation to deliver novel small molecule protein degrader medicines, today announced the appointment of Elena Ridloff, CFA, to its Board of Directors, where she will serve as Chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Ridloff joins Kymera’s Board with two decades of biopharmaceutical industry experience, including senior leadership positions at commercial-stage companies and as an institutional investor. “I am excited to welcome Elena to Kymera’s Board of Directors,” said Nello Mainolfi, PhD, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executiv