Agios Appoints Ian Clark to Board of Directors
“We are excited to welcome Ian to our board during an important time in Agios’ continued evolution,” said
Prior to his role of chief executive officer, Mr. Clark held executive management roles at Genentech, including head of global product strategy, chief marketing officer, senior vice president, general manager of biooncology and executive vice president for commercial operations. Prior to these roles, Mr. Clark served as general manager,
“Agios is quickly becoming a commercial stage company and I am delighted to join the board of directors during this significant transition,” said
Concurrent with the appointment of Mr. Clark,
About Agios
Agios is focused on discovering and developing novel investigational medicines to treat cancer and rare genetic metabolic disorders through scientific leadership in the field of cellular metabolism. In addition to an active research and discovery pipeline across both therapeutic areas, Agios has multiple first-in-class investigational medicines in clinical and/or preclinical development. All Agios programs focus on genetically identified patient populations, leveraging our knowledge of metabolism, biology and genomics. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.agios.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those regarding the expected benefits of Mr. Clark's service on the board of directors of Agios and the company's plans for growth and advancement of its programs. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "potential," "possible," "hope," "could," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from Agios' current expectations and beliefs, including the risks described under the caption "Risk Factors" included in Agios' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
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