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Scholar Rock Appoints Tony Kingsley to Its Board of Directors
- Proven leader with extensive operational and commercial experience joins expanded Board CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Scholar Rock (NASDAQ:SRRK), a
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n- Proven leader with extensive operational and commercial experience joins expanded Board\n\n CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nScholar Rock (NASDAQ:SRRK), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, announced that Tony Kingsley has been appointed to Scholar Rock’s Board of Directors as a new independent director. Mr. Kingsley is a highly accomplished leader with a successful track record of advancing companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries.\n\n\n“I am thrilled to welcome Tony to our Board. He brings three decades of experience in building and leading businesses from early development through commercial launch and will be an invaluable resource to the Board and the management team as we progress our clinical programs in spinal muscular atrophy and cancer immunotherapy,” said David Hallal, Chairman of the Board of Scholar Rock. “Scholar Rock has a number of important milestones over the next two years that could propel the Company into a new phase of growth and would benefit from Tony’s expertise in operations, commercialization, and strategy.”\n\n\n“Scholar Rock has achieved significant momentum in applying novel science and their unique platform to develop an impressive portfolio of product candidates,” said Mr. Kingsley. “I am excited to join the Company’s Board and contribute to their mission to improve the lives of patients affected by neuromuscular disorders, cancer, fibrosis, and anemia.”\n\n\nMr. Kingsley was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Taris Bio, prior to its acquisition by Janssen Pharmaceuticals at the end of 2019. Prior to Taris, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Medicines Company. From 2010 to 2015, Mr. Kingsley led global commercial operations at Biogen, Inc as Executive Vice President, delivering exceptional growth through global product launches in multiple sclerosis (Tecfidera® and PLEGRIDY®) and hemophilia (ALPROLIX® and ELOCTATE®). Prior to Biogen, he held leadership roles in the medical device industry, including senior vice president and general manager of the gynecological surgical products business at Hologic, Inc. and division president, diagnostic products at Cytyc Corporation (now part of Hologic, Inc.), and was ...