DICE Therapeutics Expands Management Team and Board of Directors
- Mary Riley, J.D., appointed as general counsel
- Lisa Bowers, MHSA, and Mittie Doyle, M.D., FACR, join board of directors
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DICE Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:DICE), a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary technology platform to build a pipeline of novel oral therapeutic candidates to treat chronic diseases in immunology and other therapeutic areas, today announced the appointment of Mary Riley as general counsel and the additions of Lisa Bowers and Mittie Doyle, M.D., FACR, to DICE's board of directors. Concurrently, Stephen Zachary, Ph.D., will be stepping down from the Company's board.
"Mary, Lisa and Mittie are excellent additions to the DICE team with extensive biopharmaceutical industry experience and expertise in their respective fields," said Kevin Judice, Ph.D., CEO of DICE Therapeutics. "We are pleased to welcome them to DICE during this important time in the Company's growth and evolution. We would also like to thank Stephen for his many contributions during his time on our board, including during the early stages of the Company's formation."
Mary Riley, J.D., as general counsel
Ms. Riley joins DICE following a 15-year tenure at Genentech, most recently serving as vice president, litigation, where she served on the legal leadership team and was responsible for managing a wide range of legal matters. She also previously led Genentech's business law group and employment law group, where she served as a member of the human resources leadership team. Before joining Genentech, Mary was a partner at Heller Ehrman LLP and held roles at other corporate law firms. Mary received a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. from College of the Holy Cross.
Lisa Bowers, MHSA, to board of directors
Ms. Bowers is the chief commercial officer of Day One Biopharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded to address a critical unmet need, the lack of therapeutic development in pediatric cancer. Prior to joining Day One, Lisa served as the chief executive officer and founder of Rhia Ventures, a social venture investment organization focused on reproductive health. She was also the chief operating officer of the Tara Health Foundation and had an extensive career at Genentech/Roche, where she held P&L accountability for Genentech's cystic fibrosis business and was the head of the North American supply chain region, accountable for more than $20 billion of medicine across the U.S. and Canada. Prior to these roles, Ms. Bowers led Genentech's patient access services and the company's strategic marketing function for managed care organizations. Ms. Bowers has been a board observer for Cadence Health and is a member of the board for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. She received a Master of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a B.A. from Yale University.
Mittie Doyle, M.D., FACR, to board of directors
Dr. Doyle is a proven research physician who has held numerous leadership roles in clinical development. She currently serves as chief medical officer of Aro Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering the development of tissue-targeted genetic medicines. Prior to joining Aro, Dr. Doyle served as vice president, global therapeutic area head, immunology at CSL Behring. Prior to her time at CSL, Dr. Doyle held senior level roles at Shire Pharmaceuticals, Flexion Therapeutics and Alexion Pharmaceuticals. During her career, she has led clinical development across a broad range of immune mediated and orphan diseases and led teams with responsibilities for design and execution of first-in-human through Phase 2 and 3 trials, resulting in several global regulatory approvals. Dr. Doyle received an M.D. from Yale Medical School and completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School including a residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and clinical/research fellowship in rheumatology and immunology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She received a B.A. from Princeton University.
About DICE Therapeutics, Inc.
DICE Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary technology platform to build a pipeline of novel oral therapeutic candidates to treat chronic diseases in immunology and other therapeutic areas. DICE is initially focused on developing oral therapeutics against well-validated targets in immunology, with the goal of achieving comparable potency to their systemic biologic counterparts, which have demonstrated the greatest therapeutic benefit to date in these disease areas. The Company's DELSCAPE platform is designed to discover selective oral small molecules with the potential to modulate protein-protein interactions (PPIs) as effectively as systemic biologics. DICE's lead therapeutic candidates are oral antagonists of the pro-inflammatory signaling molecule, IL-17, which is a validated drug target implicated in a variety of immunology indications. DICE is also developing oral therapeutic candidates targeting α4ß7 integrin and αVß1/αVß6 integrin for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, respectively.
Forward Looking Statements
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