GlycoMimetics, Inc. announced that Edwin Rock, M.D., Ph.D. has joined the executive leadership team as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr. Rock brings nearly two decades of biopharmaceutical clinical development experience, most recently serving as CMO for Partner Therapeutics, a privately-held commercial stage biotech based in Massachusetts. As CMO at Partner Therapeutics, Dr. Rock led clinical development and regulatory functions for sargramostim, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved therapy used in multiple therapeutic settings, including for patients with hematologic malignancies such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Prior to this role, as Vice President of Clinical Research at Macrogenics, Dr. Rock was clinical project leader for the first cycle approval of a successful biologics license application of margetuximab, an immune-optimized anti-HER2 antibody. He previously served in clinical development leadership roles at Astex Pharmaceuticals, Otsuka, and GSK leading clinical trial programs for drug candidates across hematology and oncology. Dr. Rock also brings experience in the regulatory and financial fields.

Early in his career, he was a Medical Officer in oncology drug review at the U.S. FDA, as well as Vice President at Leerink Swann and Company, where he performed buyside analysis of the biotechnology sector.Dr. Rock holds a B.A. in Biology and Economics from Swarthmore College, as well as Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology and M.D. degrees from the Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed medical residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA, a medical oncology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, and a postdoctoral fellowship in vaccine engineering at Stanford.