May 4, 2023

Prestige Scientific Announces Successfully Completed Search for a Chief Medical Officer

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Milford, MA - Prestige Scientific is excited to announce a completed search for a Chief Medical Officer for our clinical-stage biopharmaceutical partner that is focused on the development of innovative therapeutics designed to significantly improve outcomes for patients with liver disease. The company’s lead clinical candidate is a peptide therapeutic with a mechanism of action designed to selectively target complications of portal hypertension.

This MD, Ph.D has over 20 years of industry experience(pharma and biotech) in R&D across a breadth of therapeutic categories, including liver disease, endocrinology, rare disease, autoimmune, gastrointestinal and infectious disease. They have a proven track record inleading high performing teams and delivering on complex programs, with deep experience in bringing products from first-in-human studies through to approval. Utilizing their in-depth expertise, this hire will oversee the clinical development efforts for our partner’s portfolio programs, as well as help set overall development strategy for the company.

Prestige Scientific presented 9 candidates for this position, the hired candidate was presented 20 days from the start of the search, and the search was completed in 53 days. Congratulations to Tricia Krzywicki, Shawn Friend, and the rest of our Clinical Search team for leading this successful search.  

About Prestige Scientific:

Prestige Scientific is an executive search firm that advises our clients on recruiting impactful leaders. We provide our clients with a performance-based hiring system that identifies leaders with past success meeting similar corporate objectives as their own, while overcoming challenges and adhering to critical timelines. We have dedicated experts in eleven practice areas that mirror a typical biopharma company, allowing us to support our client's growth from Discovery through Commercial.