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Alpine Immune Sciences Appoints Jörn Drappa, MD, PhD, to Board of Directors
- 20-year industry veteran with extensive global clinical development leadership experience in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases -
Seattle, WA — July 19, 2022—Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALPN), a leading clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on developing innovative treatments for cancer and autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, today announced the appointment of Jörn Drappa, MD, PhD, to its Board of Directors.
“We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Drappa to our Board of Directors. Jörn brings a tremendous depth of experience leading the successful development of immunology drugs across both small biotech and large pharmaceutical companies, and from early stage through commercialization,” said Mitchell H. Gold, MD, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alpine. “As a biotech executive with a proven track record and a board-certified internist and rheumatologist, Jörn will bring a unique perspective to our Board and provide valuable guidance as we continue to advance multiple clinical programs, including ALPN-303, a potentially best-in-class dual B-cell cytokine antagonist of BAFF and APRIL being developed for systemic lupus erythematosus and other B cell-mediated inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.”
Dr. Drappa commented, “Using their proprietary directed evolution platform, Alpine has rapidly developed multiple novel and differentiated multi-targeted immunotherapies with the potential to improve outcomes for patients suffering from serious diseases. Alpine is approaching several key catalysts and I am excited to join with the other Board members to help the team further advance their clinical pipeline across oncology and autoimmune and inflammatory indications.”
Dr. Drappa most recently served as Chief Medical Officer of Ventyx Biosciences. Prior to Ventyx, Dr. Drappa co-founded Viela Bio, a biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of treatments for autoimmune and severe inflammatory diseases, and served as its Head of R&D and Chief Medical Officer through its acquisition by Horizon Therapeutics in March 2021 for $3.1 billion. At Viela Bio, Dr. Drappa led the development of UPLIZNA™ (inebilizumab-cdon) in multiple indications, culminating in its approval for the treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD). Prior to Viela Bio, he held various roles of increasing responsibility leading clinical development programs at MedImmune/AstraZeneca, Genentech/Roche, and Amgen. Dr. Drappa received his medical and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cologne in Germany. He completed a residency in internal medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital and a fellowship in rheumatology at the Hospital for Special Surgery, NY.
Concurrent with Dr. Drappa joining Alpine’s Board of Directors, Alpine also announced that Jay Venkatesan, MD has stepped down as a director of Alpine.