Omega Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Kaan Certel, Ph.D., as Chief Business Officer. Dr. Certel brings to Omega extensive biopharmaceutical industry experience and will be responsible for global business development activities including strategic partnerships. Dr. Certel is a recognized business development leader with over 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and academia.

Most recently, he served as the Chief Business Officer at BioCity Biopharma, where he led the expansion of the global business development function and coordinated efforts to establish collaborations for the development of pipeline assets. Previously, Dr. Certel was the Global Head of Oncology External Innovation at Sanofi, where he played a pivotal role in strengthening the oncology portfolio by assessing in-licensing opportunities and spearheading numerous strategic collaborations. Notably, he also played a key role in the successful launch of X-Chem Pharmaceuticals?

immuno-oncology spin-off, overseeing scientific strategic development, pipeline generation, project management and talent acquisition. Dr. Certel received a Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Iowa and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).