ADCT - Myricx Expands its ADC Expertise with the Appointment of Francesca Zammarchi as CSO | Benzinga
LONDON, Oct. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myricx Bio (‘Myricx'), a UK biotech company focusing on the discovery and development of a completely novel class of selectively cytotoxic payloads for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), today announces the appointment of Francesca Zammarchi, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).
Dr. Zammarchi joins Myricx as it accelerates the development of its pipeline of ADCs based on its first-in-class N-myristoyltransferase inhibitor (NMTi) payload platform. She brings over two decades of cancer biology research experience, including developing ADCs, gained working in the biopharma industry and in academia. At Myricx, as a senior member of the Leadership Team, she will be responsible for the company's internal and partnered scientific programmes.
She joins Myricx from ADC Therapeutics SA (NYSE:ADCT) where she served as Head of Preclinical Pharmacology. During her 10 years at ADC Therapeutics, she worked as a cancer biologist actively involved in the discovery and evaluation of new projects for the company's portfolio, with responsibility for preclinical pharmacology studies, and progressed multiple ADCs ...