Atreca, Inc. announced the appointment of Philippe Bishop, MD, as Chief Medical Officer, effective January 9, 2023. Dr. Bishop joins Atreca from Clover Biopharmaceuticals, a global biotech company focused on the development of vaccines and biologics, where he served as CMO. Previously, he was Executive Vice President and CMO at aratinga.bio, a developer of novel cancer immunotherapies.

Before founding aratinga.bio in 2017, Dr. Bishop was Senior Vice President Hematology /Oncology at Gilead Sciences and held clinical development roles at Genentech, Johnson & Johnson and Sanofi-Aventis. Prior to his industry career, he held leadership positions at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health. Dr. Bishop received his M.D. from the University of Nevada School of Medicine followed by a residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a medical oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute.

In connection with Dr. Bishop's appointment, Atreca granted Dr. Bishop an option to purchase 350,000 shares of Atreca Class A common stock with an exercise price based on the closing price per share of Atreca Class A common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market as of January 9, 2023, the effective date of the grant and the start date of Dr. Bishop's employment. The option is a non-qualified stock option and vests over a period of four years, with 25% vesting on the one year anniversary of the grant date and the remaining 75% vesting on a monthly basis over three years, subject to Dr. Bishop's continuous service through each vesting date. This award was granted as an inducement material to Dr. Bishop entering into employment with Atreca in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).