Achaogen, Inc. has announced the appointment of Dr. Karen Bernstein, Co-Founder and Chairman of BioCentury Inc., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Bernstein brings to Achaogen significant leadership and three decades of experience writing and publishing on biotechnology developments. In addition, the company announced that effective July 31, 2017, Alan Colowick, M.D., M.P.H., will step down as a Board member of the company to focus on his new role as a Partner at Sofinnova Ventures. Dr. Bernstein is currently the Chairman of BioCentury Inc. which she co-founded, and for which she was Chairman and Editor-in-Chief from 1992 to 2015.