Fore Biotherapeutics (from website)
Fore Biotherapeutics, an Israeli medtech startup developing new cancer treatments, raised $75 million in a Series D round of funding led by SR One and Medicxi.
In conjunction with the Series D financing, Matthew E. Ros will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors to redirect his energy toward other professional pursuits, effective September 1, 2023. Shawn M. Leland, PharmD, RPh, current advisor to SR One and former Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Elevation Oncology, has been appointed to the Board of Directors and will transition into the role of interim Chief Executive Officer overseeing the day-to-day activities of the company in collaboration with the management team, until a CEO successor is identified.
Fore Biotherapeutics is a precision oncology company that develops cancer therapies guided by its proprietary functional genomics. Its lead asset plixorafenib is a Class 1/V600 and 2 BRAF inhibitor with demonstrated clinical safety and early efficacy signals in the previous Phase 1/2a clinical trial. Leveraging a proprietary functional genomics platform that can screen a wide range of known mutations for cancer-driving genes, the FORE R&D team is optimizing drug development by identifying existing compounds with known clinical profiles and a clear path through clinical development to advance new medicines for patients without adequate treatment options.
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“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to sincerely thank Matt for his leadership, dedication and many contributions toward the advancement of plixorafenib to its next seminal phase of clinical development,” said Dieter Weinand, Chairman of the Board of FORE Biotherapeutics. “We welcome Shawn as interim CEO and Board member as we enter this next phase of growth for the company. We are also thrilled to welcome Giovanni to our Board as his expertise will be invaluable in advancing the clinical development strategy for plixorafenib.”
