Pardes Biosciences, Inc. announced the appointments of Laurie Smaldone Alsup, M.D. and John C. Pottage, Jr., M.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Smaldone Alsup has over 30 years of biopharmaceutical industry experience, specializing in commercially successful product approvals and global regulatory strategy. She currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of NDA Group AB, a regulatory and drug product development consulting company.

Prior to joining NDA Group AB, she served as the President and Chief Scientific Officer of PharmApprove LLC, a regulatory communications consultancy. Previously, Dr. Smaldone Alsup served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Phytomedics, Inc., a clinical stage company with a focus on auto-immune, inflammatory, and metabolic diseases. She began her industry career at Bristol Myers Squibb, where she spent 20 years in roles of increasing responsibility in clinical development, regulatory strategy, and corporate risk management, including as Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Risk Management, Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory Science, and Vice President, Infectious Disease Clinical Research, which included the HIV/antiviral portfolio.

Dr. Smaldone Alsup holds a B.A. in Biological Sciences from Fordham College and an M.D. from Yale School of Medicine and is a medical oncologist by training. She currently serves on the boards of directors of Blackberry Ltd., Arvinas, Inc., Theravance Biopharma, Inc., and Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. Dr. Pottage brings over 20 years of executive and clinical development experience, with expertise in infectious diseases. He most recently served as Chief Medical Advisor of Clear Creek Bio, Inc. a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing small molecule antiviral therapeutics.

He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of ViiV Healthcare, a joint venture of GSK, plc and Pfizer Inc. focused on treatments for HIV. Prior to ViiV, Dr. Pottage served as Senior Vice President, Head of Infectious Disease Medicine Development Center, and Vice President, Global Clinical Development of Antivirals, at GSK. Prior to joining GSK, he served as Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Drug Development of Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Pottage began his industry career as a Medical Director at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to joining industry, Dr. Pottage was a member of the faculty and clinical staff at Rush Medical College in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Section of Infectious Disease.

He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Pottage holds an A.B. in Biology from Colgate University and an M.D. from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and currently serves on the board of directors of Spero Therapeutics, Inc.