Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. Announces the Promotion of Joseph Vittiglio, JD, to Chief Business and Legal Officer
December 20, 2021 at 08:51 pm IST
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Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. announced the promotion of Joseph Vittiglio, JD, to Chief Business and Legal Officer. Mr. Vittiglio has more than 25 years of experience leading strategic transactions within the life sciences industry. Mr. Vittiglio joined Finch Therapeutics in December 2020 as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In his previous role with Finch, he guided the company's initial public offering in 2021, raising $130.8 million in capital, and led the company's legal and quality teams. Prior to Finch, Mr. Vittiglio was the General Counsel and Chief Business Officer for AMAG Pharmaceuticals, where he led the company's legal and business development initiatives, including multiple out-licensing and partnership collaborations, and provided oversight for multiple therapeutic product launches.
Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. is a microbiome technology company with a portfolio of intellectual property and microbiome assets. It is focused on realizing the value of its intellectual property estate and other assets, while supporting the advancement of its microbiome technology through partnerships and collaborations. It has an intellectual property estate, including more than 113 issued U.S. and foreign patents with relevance for both donor-derived and donor-independent microbiome therapeutics in a range of potential indications. Its assets include CP101, an orally administered microbiome candidate designed for the prevention of recurrent C. difficile infection (CDI), with positive clinical data from a Phase II randomized, placebo-controlled trial and a Phase II open-label trial, and pre-clinical assets that are designed to target ulcerative colitis, Crohnâs disease, and autism spectrum disorder. Additionally, it has also developed a biorepository of strains and samples.