Molecular Partners Appoints Pamela A. Trail as Chief Scientific Officer; Michael T. Stumpp Assumes Role of Chief Operating Officer of the Company
Zurich-Schlieren, June 21, 2018. Molecular Partners AG (SIX: MOLN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs known as DARPin® therapies*, announced today the appointment of Pamela A. Trail, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer. Pamela Trail served most recently as Vice President of Oncology Strategy and Program Direction at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. With her addition the company significantly strengthens its leading research capabilities applying the DARPin® platform to oncology drug development.
The company has also announced that Michael T. Stumpp, Ph.D., a co-founder of Molecular Partners and so far Chief Scientific Officer of the company, has been appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Michael T. Stumpp was part of the team working on designed repeat proteins as next generation protein drugs at University of Zurich that also invented the DARPin® technology. Since Molecular Partners’ inception, he also oversaw the DARPin® pipeline.