Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Ian Clark to Board of Directors
January 03, 2017 at 06:30 pm IST
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Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Ian Clark to its board of directors. Most recently, Mr. Clark served as the chief executive officer and member of the board of directors at Genentech. Prior to his role of chief executive officer, Mr. Clark held executive management roles at Genentech, including head of global product strategy, chief marketing officer, senior vice president, general manager of biooncology and executive vice president for commercial operations. Prior to these roles, Mr. Clark served as general manager, Novartis Canada and chief operating officer for Novartis U.K. Before joining Novartis, Mr. Clark served in positions of increasing strategic importance in sales, marketing and business development at Ivax Pharma and Sanofi in the United Kingdom, France and Eastern Europe. Concurrent with the appointment of Mr. Clark, Douglas G. Cole, M.D., managing partner at Flagship Pioneering, has resigned from the company’s board of directors and the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors, effective January 2, 2017.
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing and delivering transformative therapies for patients living with rare diseases. It markets a first-in-class pyruvate kinase (PK) activator for adults with PK deficiency, the first disease-modifying therapy for debilitating hemolytic anemia. Its lead product candidate in its genetically defined disease (GDD) portfolio, PYRUKYND (Mitapivat), is an activator of both wild-type and a variety of mutant pyruvate kinase (PK) enzymes, for the treatment of hemolytic anemias. The Mitapivat is an orally available small molecule and a potent activator of the pyruvate kinase R (PKR) enzymes. In addition, it is also evaluating mitapivat for the treatment of alpha- and beta- thalassemia and sickle cell disease (SCD) in ongoing clinical trials. The Company is also developing AG-946, a clinical-stage oral activator of PKR enzymes for the treatment of hemolytic anemias and other indications, including SCD.
AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 
