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Enanta Pharmaceuticals Elects Yujiro S. Hata to its Board of Directors
WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTA), a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule
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[{"type":"text","content":" WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nEnanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTA), a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs for viral infections and liver diseases, today announced the election of Yujiro S. Hata, to its Board of Directors.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210823005010/en/Yujiro S. Hata, Board of Directors, Enanta Pharmaceuticals (Photo: Business Wire)\n“We are thrilled to welcome Yujiro Hata to our Board of Directors,” said Jay R. Luly, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Enanta Pharmaceuticals. “His depth of expertise in business and corporate development, as well as his experience as a senior executive and an independent director of several public and private biotechnology companies, will bring complementary depth to our Board. Yujiro’s insights will be particularly valuable as we continue to explore combination therapies to advance our clinical pipeline in key therapeutic areas.”\n\n“I am delighted to join Enanta as a member of its Board of Directors. Enanta’s proven, chemistry-driven approach to creating best-in-class small molecule drugs has allowed the company to develop a strong, differentiated portfolio of product candidates across virology and liver disease areas,” commented Mr. Hata. “I look forward to working with the team, especially in the upcoming year, when the combination of clinical data readouts in respiratory syncytial virus, hepatitis B virus, SARS-CoV-2 and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis has the potential to be truly transformative.”\n\nMr. Hata has more than 20 years of experience building companies that have developed innovative therapies. He currently serves as the Founder and CEO of IDEAYA Biosciences, an oncology-focused precision medicine company, which he founded in 2015. Under his leadership, IDEAYA formed a global partnership with GlaxoSmithKline to develop programs in synthetic lethality, an emerging field in oncology. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Hata served as an Executive-in-Residence at 5AM Ventures. From 2014 to August 2015, he was Chief Operating Officer at Flexus Biosciences where he helped lead the company through its acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb in April 2015, and then he served as Chief Operating Officer at RAPT Therapeutics (formerly FLX Bio). ...