Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. Announces Executive Changes
November 10, 2021 at 12:00 pm
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Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc. announced that Zain Kassam, MD, MPH has elected to step down as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in order to return to Canada to attend to a family health matter. Dr. Kassam will continue to support the company as a special advisor. Debra Silberg, MD, PhD will serve as interim CMO to support the company through this transition and search for a new CMO. Dr. Silberg is a gastroenterologist and the founder of Silberg Consulting, where she provides consultation to biopharmaceutical companies, including Finch, on all aspects of drug development from preclinical studies through regulatory approvals. Previously, she held leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Takeda and Shire (acquired by Takeda), including Global Vice President, Head of Clinical Science and Development for Gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. Prior to Shire, she was a clinical program lead at AstraZeneca, leading programs from Phase 1 through Phase 4 studies.
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.
FINCH THERAPEUTICS GROUP, INC. 
