SKYE - Skye Bioscience Appoints Dr. Annalisa Jenkins to Board of Directors | Benzinga
SAN DIEGO, March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skye Bioscience, Inc. (OTCQB:SKYE) ("Skye" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel classes of therapeutic drugs that modulate the endocannabinoid system, with a focus on obesity and ocular indications, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Annalisa Jenkins, MBBS, FRCP, to the Company's Board of Directors. Dr. Jenkins' esteemed career spans more than 25 years in the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science industry. She has broad experience in building and leading teams and developing strategies that have resulted in the advancement of new products across multiple disease areas from discovery through to clinical development, regulatory approval and commercialization worldwide.
Dr. Jenkins currently provides board level and consulting services to organizations across the life science and healthcare industry. She previously served as President and CEO of Plaquetec Therapeutics and of Dimension Therapeutics, leading efforts to develop novel approaches in coronary vascular and rare diseases that included a significant worldwide partnership for a gene therapy approach to hemophilia A with Bayer Pharmaceuticals.
Prior to these roles, Dr. Jenkins held senior leadership roles at Merck Serono Pharmaceuticals as Global Head of Research and Development and at Bristol-Myers Squibb as Senior Vice President Global Medical.
Dr. Jenkins sits on a number of boards across the public and private sectors and as a trustee of nonprofit organizations globally, including AVROBIO, COMPASS Pathways, MEREO Biopharmaceuticals, AFFIMED, The British Heart Foundation, The King's Fund, Cancer Research Horizons, Genomics England and Faster ...