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PureTech Expands Scientific Advisory Board and Appoints New Senior AdvisorsPureTech Health plc ("PureTech" or the "Company", LSE: PRTC), a cross-disciplinary healthcare company developing novel medicines to tackle fundamental healthcare needs in disruptive ways, today announced it has expanded its Scientific Advisory Board ("SAB") and appointed new Senior Advisors to the company. Edward Boyden, Ph.D., optogenetics pioneer, professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT (News - Alert)) Media Lab and the MIT McGovern Institute, has been appointed to PureTech's SAB, David A. Edwards, Ph.D., the Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Idea Translation at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Donald E. Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Sachin H. Jain, M.D., Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer of CareMore Health and former Chief Medical Information and Innovation Officer at Merck, and Robert J. Perez, former Chief Executive Officer of Cubist, have been appointed Senior Advisors to the Company. "Our new advisors are visionaries in their fields and bring world-class experience to PureTech's growing advisory network of distinguished scientists and clinicians," said Daphne Zohar, Chief Executive Officer of PureTech Health. "We are delighted to welcome them to our team, and look forward to their guidance as we pursue innovations in science and technology that have the potential to change how we address today's healthcare challenges."
Newly Appointed PureTech Advisors Dr. Edwards is the Professor of the Practice of Idea Translation at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Founding Core Faculty Member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Founder of the creative center Le Laboratoire in Paris, France and Cambridge, Massachusetts and founder of the future-of-food restaurant Café ArtScience in Cambridge. Dr. Edwards is the founder of the drug and vaccine delivery companies Advanced Inhalation Research (AIR), sold to Alkermes, Pulmatrix and Medicine in Need. He has also founded multiple companies aimed at the interface of multiple disciplines, including Vapor Communications focused on digitizing scent and edible packaging company Quantum (News - Alert) Designs. Dr. Edwards is a member of the American and French National Academies of Engineering and the National Academy of Inventors. He has received numerous nationl and international awards for his creative work. In 2008, he was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. Dr. Ingber is the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Dr. Ingber's work has catalyzed the convergence of far-reaching disciplines not previously connected, ranging from biology, medicine, engineering, computer science and physics to art, architecture and design, and his efforts contributed to the emergence of the field of biologically inspired engineering. In addition, Dr. Ingber has made major contributions to understanding cell structure, mechanobiology, tissue engineering, tumor angiogenesis, systems biology, nanobiotechnology, medical devices and translational medicine. He has received numerous honors across a broad range of disciplines, including the Holst Medal, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Innovator Award, Pritzker Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society, Rous-Whipple Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of In Vitro Biology, Leading Edge Award from the Society of Toxicology, NC3Rs Award and the 2015 Design of the Year Award. Dr. Ingber is also an honorary member of the Society of Toxicology and a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, National Academy of Inventors and the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine). He has more than 125 patents and founded multiple companies, including Emulate, Inc. and Opsonix, Inc. Dr. Ingber received his B.A., M.A., M.Phil., M.D. and Ph.D. from Yale University. Dr. Jain is Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer at CareMore Health System, an innovative health plan and care delivery system subsidiary of Anthem, Inc. with $1.2 billion revenue and over 100,000 members. In this role, he has operational responsibility for 700 clinical and network staff. He is charged with developing and leading a multi-year strategy to expand next-generation Medicare and Medicaid care management/care delivery model nationally. Prior to joining CareMore, Dr. Jain was Chief Medical Information and Innovation Officer at Merck and Co., where he developed global partnerships to leverage health data to improve patient health. He also served as an attending hospitalist physician at the Boston VA-Boston Medical Center and lecturer in healthcare policy at Harvard Medical School. From 2009-2011, Dr. Jain was a senior advisor to the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and helped to launch the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). He also served as special assistant to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), supporting the agency's implementation of the HITECH Provisions of the Recovery Act and meaningful use. Dr. Jain graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a B.A. in government, and continued on to earn his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of the Elsevier journal, Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation. Mr. Perez is the former Chief Executive Officer of Cubist (acquired by Merck for $9.5 billion), and has nearly 30 years of experience in the biotechnology industry with a focus on commercializing novel medicines. Prior to his role as CEO, Mr. Perez served in various leadership roles at Cubist, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. During his tenure, Mr. Perez built the company's novel commercial infrastructure and led the launch of its blockbuster antibiotic, Cubicin®. Prior to joining Cubist, he served as Vice President of Biogen, Inc.'s CNS Business Unit where he was responsible for commercial leadership of an $800 million neurology business unit and before that, held positions of increasing responsibility within the commercial organization. He also held various sales and marketing positions at Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Perez is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., the Board of Advisors of the Citizen School of Massachusetts and a Board member of the Biomedical Science Careers Program aimed at increasing the quality of a diverse workforce for the life sciences. Mr. Perez received a B.S. in business from California State University, Los Angeles, and an M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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