Date: 2014-11-03
Type of information: Nomination
Compound: vice-president
Company: Atyr Pharma (USA - CA)
Therapeutic area: Rare diseases - Genetic diseases
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- • On November 3, 2014, aTyr Pharma announced that Fred Ramsdell, Ph.D., joined aTyr as vice president, immunology. Prior to joining aTyr, Dr. Ramsdell helped establish the immunobiology research strategy for both Darwin Molecular and NovoNordisk. While at Celltech he led research efforts resulting in the discovery of Foxp3, a critical gene for normal immune function, the absence of which results in a rare but fatal autoimmunity in humans, and contributed to the identification and development of sclerostin, the target of a Phase III clinical program at Amgen/UCB. Dr. Ramsdell has more than 20 years of experience in immunological research and drug discover. Since 1992, Dr. Ramsdell has led drug discovery programs where he oversaw identification and characterization of novel proteins involved in immune regulation. His leadership positions include head of the Discovery Immunology Group at Novo Nordisk’s Inflammation Research Center, associate director of Antibody Target Discovery at ZymoGenetics, and senior director of Discovery Biology at Celltech, R&D. Prior to Celltech, Dr. Ramsdell held scientist positions at Darwin Molecular Corp and Immunex Research and Development Corporation. He did his post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health, researching a variety of questions regarding immune cell function and tolerance. He received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from University of California, Los Angeles and his B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from University of California, San Diego.
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