• Pliant Therapeutics appointed Flavia Borellini, Ph.D. to its board, adding oncology drug development leadership from Acerta Pharma and AstraZeneca.
• Borellini previously led development of Calquence at Acerta Pharma, earlier ran AstraZeneca’s hematology franchise, previously held senior roles at Genentech.
• Robert Iannone, M.D., M.S.C.E. also joined the board, bringing clinical development and regulatory experience from Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Immunomedics.
• Iannone previously led immuno-oncology development at AstraZeneca, earlier ran oncology clinical development at Merck, including work on KEYTRUDA.

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