BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Astria Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATXS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing life-changing therapies for allergic and immunological diseases, today announced the appointment of Sunil Agarwal, M.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Agarwal has more than 20 years of biotechnology research, development, and commercialization experience.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Sunil to our Board of Directors,” said Jill C. Milne, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer at Astria Therapeutics. “His extensive drug development and clinical expertise strongly complements our Board’s skills and experiences, and we look forward to his contributions as we continue to advance our programs into later-stage clinical development with the goal of STAR-0215 becoming the market leader in hereditary angioedema.”
“I am excited to join the Board at Astria at this important stage as the organization prepares for Phase 3 development of STAR-0215,” said Dr. Agarwal. “STAR-0215 has the potential to significantly improve the lives of patients and I look forward to contributing to its progress at this exciting time.”
Dr. Agarwal currently serves on the Board of Directors of Arvinas and was previously a Board member of Calithera Biosciences, MyoKardia, and Vitrisa Therapeutics. Throughout his career, Dr. Agarwal has served in leadership and executive roles in the biopharmaceutical industry. He most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer for Sana Biotechnology and, prior to that, as President of Research and Development at Juno Therapeutics until its acquisition by Celgene. At Ultragenyx he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer and at Genentech as Senior Vice President and Global Development Head. He has led global approvals across multiple indications for Rituxan, Actemra, Xolair, Lucentis, Ocrevus, Mepsevii, Breyanzi, and Gliadel. Dr. Agarwal holds a B.S. in neurobiology from Cornell University and earned his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC), Washington, D.C., and practiced in the CNMC Pediatric Emergency Department.
About Astria Therapeutics:
Astria Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company, and our mission is to bring life-changing therapies to patients and families affected by allergic and immunological diseases. Our lead program, STAR-0215, is a monoclonal antibody inhibitor of plasma kallikrein in clinical development for the treatment of hereditary angioedema. Our second program, STAR-0310, is a monoclonal antibody OX40 antagonist in preclinical development for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. Learn more about our company on our website, www.astriatx.com, or follow us on X and Instagram @AstriaTx and on Facebook and LinkedIn.
