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Pliant Therapeutics Appoints Minnie Kuo as Chief Development Officer
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLRX), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on
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[{"type":"text","content":"SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLRX), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis, today announced the appointment of Ms. Minnie Kuo as Chief Development Officer. Ms. Kuo will oversee all aspects of the Company’s nonclinical and clinical development activities. “Minnie is an accomplished biopharmaceutical leader who brings extensive clinical development and cross-functional portfolio management experience to Pliant,” said Bernard Coulie, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer at Pliant. “Minnie’s successful track record of global clinical trial strategy development and execution along with her experience in the areas of inflammatory and oncology will be critically important to our success as a late-stage clinical organization. I look forward to Minnie sharing her insights and experiences with the rest of the leadership team.” Ms. Kuo added, “Pliant has built a broad portfolio of drug candidates with the potential to improve the lives of patients with a variety of fibrotic diseases. I am excited to join a team that shares my passion for delivering innovative new medicines to patients in areas of unmet medical need.” Ms. Kuo is an experienced biotechnology and pharmaceutical executive with more than 20 years of multinational clinical development experience across various therapeutic areas including respiratory, oncology, neurodegenerative and inflammatory. Prior to joining Pliant, Ms. Kuo held roles of increasing responsibilities at Vir Biotechnology, most recently serving as Senior Vice President of Translational and Clinical Development Operations. In this role, Ms. Kuo served as the operational officer to the Chief Medical Officer, overseeing business operations, clinical operations, and organizational planning across the entire clinical portfolio. Prior to Vir, Ms. Kuo held senior clinical operations roles at Nektar Therapeutics and Gilead Sciences. At Gilead, she oversaw the strategic direction of multiple compounds and indications within the company’s inflammation and hepatic portfolios. Earlier in her career, Ms. Kuo held global project management and clinical study management roles at the clinical research organization ICON and at Roche/ Genentech. Ms. Kuo receive...