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Aeglea BioTherapeutics Appoints Jeffrey M. Goldberg as Chief Executive Officer
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGLE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new generation of
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[{"type":"text","content":"AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGLE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new generation of human enzyme therapeutics as innovative solutions for rare metabolic diseases, today announced the appointment of Jeffrey M. Goldberg as president, chief executive officer and member of the board of directors effective November 29, 2022. Mr. Goldberg is an accomplished biotech executive with over 25 years of experience leading teams from preclinical discovery through commercialization and previously served as president and chief executive officer of Immunitas Therapeutics.\n\"Jeff has successfully built and managed teams across a wide variety of functions, providing strong leadership and strategic direction. His breadth of experience spans from the founding of companies to overseeing successful global launches of rare disease therapies,\" said Russell J. Cox, chair of the board of directors of Aeglea. \"His proven ability to match business capabilities to unmet patient needs and then drive the strategy and execution needed to achieve those goals will be an important asset to Aeglea. I look forward to working closely with Jeff and welcome him to the Aeglea team.\"\n\"To me, the most important and fulfilling part of my job has been being able to bring therapies forward that have had significant impact on patients' lives. Aeglea shares that mission and has built world-class programs in Homocystinuria and Arginase 1 Deficiency with the potential to benefit all the key stakeholders, including employees, shareholders, physicians, and most importantly patients and their families,\" said Mr. Goldberg. \"I'm incredibly excited to be joining the team and helping to facilitate the mission of developing novel medicines for patients battling devastating diseases.\" \nMr. Goldberg served as president and chief executive officer at Immunitas from 2019-2021. Under his leadership, Immunitas grew significantly, raised additional capital, and is now in the clinic with its first asset. Prior to joining Immunitas, Mr. Goldberg served as the founding chief operating officer at Akcea where he was responsible for building functions and leading teams across all aspects of the business and eventually grew the team from two employees to over 250 in multiple geographies. Mr. Goldberg played a signifi...