Ochre Bio appoints 10 physicians, researchers following $30M funding round

Liver disease therapeutics company Ochre Bio has assembled a 10-member scientific strategy board following the close of a $30 million series A funding round. 

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Ten physician, researcher leaders at Ochre Bio: 

1. Sangeeta Bhatia, MD, PhD — Wilson Professor of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge 

2. Chinwe Ukomadu, MD, PhD — Senior vice president and head of GI therapeutics at Takeda

3. Chas Bountra, PhD — Pro vice chancellor for innovation and professor of translational medicine at  the University of Oxford (England)

4. Scott Friedman, MD — Professor and chief of the division of liver sciences at Mount Sinai in New York City

5. Troy Dale — Head of the strategic partnerships unit at Novartis 

6. Joel Dudley, PhD — Partner at Innovation Endeavors 

7. Michael Hodges, MD — RNA therapeutics consultant

8. Leanne Hodson, PhD — Professor of metabolic physiology at the University of Oxford

9. Eduardo Martins, MD, PhD — chief medical officer at Sagimet

10. Alex Shalek, PhD — Core member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science

“True to Ochre’s philosophy of highly transdisciplinary expertise from technology through to biology, we are honored to have a strong group of advisors who will challenge us to do the best possible science and help us advance our therapies to patients,” Quin Wills, PhD, chief scientific officer and co-founder of Ochre Bio, said in an Oct. 20 press release. 

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