Exhibit 99.2
FORM 51-102F3
MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT
Item 1: | Name and Address of Company |
Zymeworks Inc. (“Zymeworks” or the “Company”)
114 East 4th Avenue—Suite 800
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V5T 1G4
Item 2: | Date of Material Change |
June 27, 2022
A news release announcing the material change was disseminated through the facilities of Business Wire on June 27, 2022, and a copy was filed on the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.
Item 4: | Summary of Material Change |
On June 27, 2022, Zymeworks announced the appointment of Paul Moore, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Zymeworks. Dr. Moore’s anticipated start date is July 18, 2022.
Item 5: | Full Description of Material Change |
5.1 Full Description of Material Change
On June 27, 2022, Zymeworks announced the appointment of Paul Moore, Ph.D., as CSO of the Company, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Moore has more than 25 years of US-based experience in biologics drug discovery and development in biotechnology research. His career efforts have led to the discovery and development of a range of FDA-approved and clinical-stage biologics for patients with difficult-to-treat cancers and autoimmune conditions.
Immediately prior to joining Zymeworks, Dr. Moore served as Vice President, Cell Biology and Immunology at MacroGenics, heading a team of approximately 50 researchers focused on developing antibody-based therapeutics, including numerous bispecific antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). During his time at MacroGenics, Dr. Moore worked on the development of numerous clinical stage compounds, including retifanlimab (anti-PD-1 mAb), teplizumab (anti-CD3 mAb for Type I diabetes), margetuximab (anti-HER2 mAb), enoblituzumab (anti-B7-H3 mAb), various CD3 based bispecifics including flotetuzumab (CD123 x CD3), bispecifics targeting multiple checkpoints tebotelimab (PD-1xLAG-3) and lorigerlimab (PD-1xCTLA-4), CD32BxCD79B bispecific for autoimmunity and ADC molecules targeting B7-H3 or ADAM-9. Dr. Moore worked on scientific collaborations with a range of pharmaceutical partners, including Pfizer, Servier, Gilead, Takeda, Janssen, Roche and Zai Labs.