Progenity Appoints Brian Kotzin to its Board of Directors
August 21, 2019 at 04:13 am
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Progenity reported the appointment of Brian Kotzin, M.D., to its board of directors. Dr. Kotzin's experience in the development of novel biotherapeutics, especially in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, will provide valuable guidance as the company advances its pipeline of precision therapeutics/biotherapeutics and diagnostics. Dr. Kotzin is a Board of Directors member at Rigel, currently serves as a Principal Fellow and Senior Vice President for Nektar Therapeutics, and consults for companies developing therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. His previous roles include Vice President of Global Clinical Development and Head of the Inflammation Therapeutic Area and Vice President and Head of Medical Sciences at Amgen.
Biora Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which is focused on creating smart pills designed for targeted drug delivery to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and systemic, needle-free delivery of biotherapeutics. The Companyâs pipeline includes two therapeutic delivery platforms: NaviCap and BioJet. The NaviCap, targeted oral delivery platform, which is designed to improve outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease through treatment at the site of disease in the gastrointestinal tract. The BioJet, systemic oral delivery platform, which is designed to replace injection for better management of chronic diseases through needle-free, oral delivery of large molecules. It has two demonstration drug-device combination programs for the BioJet platform, BT-200 (GLP-1 receptor agonist) and BT-002 (adalimumab variant). Its other two programs include BT-600 (NaviCap + tofacitinib) and BT-001 (NaviCap + variant of adalimumab) for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.
BIORA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 
