Q32 Bio Inc. (NASDAQ: QTTB), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing biologic therapeutics to restore immune homeostasis, today announced the appointment of Lee Kalowski as President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kalowski brings over 20 years of biopharmaceutical experience with a focus on strategy, raising capital, and financial operations.
“Lee has been part of the Q32 Bio team over the past five months as our interim Chief Financial Officer and an invaluable member of the team driving the execution and closing of our recent transactions. I am pleased to welcome Lee as a permanent member of the team, as we transition into a publicly traded company,” said Jodie Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Q32 Bio. “Lee is a deeply experienced biopharmaceutical executive with a proven track record of taking companies public, raising capital, and overseeing finance and operations at multiple publicly traded companies.”
“I am excited to be joining full-time in my new role during this transformative time for the Company,” said Mr. Kalowski. “Q32 Bio has the potential to make meaningful strides in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and I look forward to continuing to work with the Q32 Bio leadership team as we advance bempikibart to Phase 2 clinical data in the second half of this year and ADX-097 to Phase 2 clinical data in the second half of 2025.”
Prior to joining Q32 Bio, Mr. Kalowski served as President and Chief Financial Officer of Bicycle Therapeutics where he led strategic finance and operations and oversaw the company’s transition to a public clinical-stage biotech company. While at Bicycle, Mr. Kalowski led the IPO in 2019 and helped raise $1 Billion in total, including over $700 Million in private, public and non-dilutive financings. Prior to Bicycle, Mr. Kalowski was Chief Financial Officer of Tokai Pharmaceuticals where he helped lead the company’s IPO in 2014. Earlier, Mr. Kalowski served in global biotechnology equity research as a Senior Analyst at Credit Suisse covering companies in the biopharmaceutical industry. Mr. Kalowski received a B.A. in Biology and Economics from Union College and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kalowski is currently a board member of Aro Biotherapeutics.
About Q32 Bio
Q32 Bio is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing biologic therapeutics targeting potent regulators of the innate and adaptive immune systems to re-balance immunity in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Q32 Bio’s lead programs, focused on the IL-7 / TSLP receptor pathways and complement system, address immune dysregulation to help patients take back control of their lives.
Q32 Bio’s program for adaptive immunity, bempikibart (ADX-914), is a fully human anti-IL-7Rα antibody that re-regulates adaptive immune function for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. It is being evaluated in two Phase 2 trials for the treatment of atopic dermatitis and alopecia areata. The IL-7 and TSLP pathways have been genetically and biologically implicated in driving several T cell-mediated pathological processes in numerous autoimmune diseases. Q32 Bio’s program for innate immunity, ADX-097, is based on a novel platform enabling tissue-targeted regulation of the complement system without long-term systemic blockade – a key differentiator versus current complement therapeutics. Q32 Bio has completed a first-in-human, Phase 1 ascending dose clinical study of ADX-097 in healthy volunteers.
For more information, visit www.Q32Bio.com.
