Roivant Announces Appointment of Mayukh Sukhatme to Its Board of Directors
10 11월 2023 - 10:00PM
Roivant (Nasdaq: ROIV) today announced the appointment of Mayukh
Sukhatme, M.D., to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Dr. Sukhatme will fill a newly created Class III seat on the Board
of Directors, increasing the Board of Directors to eight members in
total.
“I’m thrilled to be adding Mayukh to our board.
Mayukh has been with the company since almost the very beginning,
and his contributions are too many to enumerate here. He has helped
find and guide all of our key pipeline programs, and I am confident
that his voice on our board will continue to further our important
work for patients. It continues to be a privilege to work alongside
him every day,” said Matt Gline, CEO of Roivant.
Mayukh Sukhatme, M.D., has served as Roivant’s President and
Chief Investment Officer since January 2021, and is responsible for
identifying, performing diligence on, devising development
strategies for, and transacting on new therapeutic programs for the
company. Dr. Sukhatme also informs Roivant’s view of its existing
biopharmaceutical subsidiary companies for capital allocation
decisions across the Roivant portfolio. Dr. Sukhatme joined Roivant
in 2015 and previously served as President of Roivant Pharma and as
our Chief Business Officer. Programs that Dr. Sukhatme has
in-licensed or acquired for Roivant have produced all 10 of our
positive Phase 3 studies and have garnered 6 FDA approvals. From
2000 to 2015, Dr. Sukhatme was a healthcare-focused analyst and
portfolio manager for several large institutional investment firms,
including both public markets and venture capital firms. His
principal focus was on development-stage biotechnology and
pharmaceutical companies, where he led diligence and investment
decisions on numerous companies and pharmaceutical compounds across
a wide variety of therapeutic areas. Dr. Sukhatme earned his M.D.
from Harvard Medical School and his B.S. in Biology and B.S. in
Literature from MIT.
About Roivant
Roivant is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that
aims to improve the lives of patients by accelerating the
development and commercialization of medicines that matter. Today,
Roivant’s pipeline includes VTAMA®, a novel topical approved for
the treatment of psoriasis and in development for the treatment of
atopic dermatitis; batoclimab and IMVT-1402, fully human monoclonal
antibodies targeting the neonatal Fc receptor (“FcRn”) in
development across several IgG-mediated autoimmune indications;
brepocitinib, a novel TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor in late stage development
for dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and other
autoimmune conditions; and, additional clinical stage molecules. We
advance our pipeline by creating nimble subsidiaries or “Vants” to
develop and commercialize our medicines and technologies. Beyond
therapeutics, Roivant also incubates discovery-stage companies and
health technology startups complementary to its biopharmaceutical
business. For more information, www.roivant.com.
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