Structure Therapeutics Appoints Angus C. Russell to Board of Directors
August 27 2024 - 3:05PM
Structure Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: GPCR), a clinical-stage global
biopharmaceutical company developing novel oral small molecule
therapeutics for metabolic and pulmonary diseases, today announced
the appointment of Angus C. Russell to its board of directors. Mr.
Russell previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Shire plc
and brings more than 30 years of experience in building and scaling
companies in the global biopharmaceutical industry.
“Structure is at an important moment in its evolution as we
prepare to advance our oral small molecule GLP-1 agonist,
GSBR-1290, into late-stage clinical development for obesity,” said
Raymond Stevens, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Structure Therapeutics.
“Angus is a seasoned biopharmaceutical leader with significant
expertise across multiple company functions including strategy,
finance, operations, and commercialization. His experience in
building and scaling companies will help lead us into our next
chapter of growth as we continue to progress our broad pipeline of
oral small molecule therapeutics—all derived from our
structure-based drug discovery platform—to make them more
accessible to all.”
“Structure’s GSBR-1290, 2nd and 3rd generation assets, and
next-generation oral combination programs have the potential to
establish a cycle of continuous innovation in the obesity market to
meet the evolving needs of millions of patients while maximizing
accessibility,” said Mr. Russell. “Structure’s lead program,
GSBR-1290, is just the beginning in the important space of
metabolism and obesity. I am thrilled to join Structure’s board of
directors to help lead the company into the future.”
Mr. Russell served as Chief Executive Officer of Shire plc, a
biopharmaceutical company from June 2008 until April 2013, Shire’s
Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2008, and a member of its
board of directors from 1999 until 2013. While CEO at Shire, Mr.
Russell was also the Chair of Shire’s Leadership Team and a lead
member of the Shire Management Committee, which designed and
implemented the company’s immensely successful long-term business
strategy. Prior to joining Shire, Mr. Russell served at AstraZeneca
plc, a pharmaceutical and biologics company, most recently as VP of
Corporate Finance. Mr. Russell served on the Board of Directors of
Mallinckrodt from August 2014 to June 2022 and of TherapeuticsMD,
Inc. from March 2015 to December 2022. Mr. Russell currently serves
as Chairman of the Board of Revance Therapeutics and is a board
member of Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
About Structure Therapeutics Structure
Therapeutics is a science-driven clinical-stage biopharmaceutical
company focused on discovering and developing innovative oral small
molecule treatments for chronic metabolic and cardiopulmonary
conditions with significant unmet medical needs. Utilizing its next
generation structure-based drug discovery platform, the Company has
established a robust GPCR-targeted pipeline, featuring multiple
wholly-owned proprietary clinical-stage small molecule compounds
designed to surpass the scalability limitations of traditional
biologic and peptide therapies and be accessible to more patients
around the world. For additional information, please
visit www.structuretx.com.
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“safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of
historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking
statements, including, without limitation, statements concerning:
the Company’s future plans and prospects; the potential for the
Company’s programs to establish a cycle of continuous innovation in
the obesity market to meet the evolving needs of millions of
patients while maximizing accessibility. In addition, when or if
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“potential,” “promising,” “to be,” and similar expressions and
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Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that
such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned
that actual results, levels of activity, safety, performance or
events and circumstances could differ materially from those
expressed or implied in the Company’s forward-looking statements
due to a variety of risks and uncertainties, which include, without
limitation, risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s
ability to advance GSBR-1290, LTSE-2578, ANPA-0073 and its other
therapeutic candidates, obtain regulatory approval of and
ultimately commercialize the Company’s therapeutic candidates,
competitive products or approaches limiting the commercial value of
the Company’s product candidates, the timing and results of
preclinical and clinical trials, the Company’s ability to fund
development activities and achieve development goals, the impact of
any global pandemics, inflation, supply chain issues, rising
interest rates and future bank failures on the Company’s business,
its ability to protect its intellectual property and other risks
and uncertainties described in the Company’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as
filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024, the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q filed with the SEC on August 8, 2024, and future reports the
Company may file with the SEC from time to time. All
forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak
only as of the date on which they were made and are based on
management’s assumptions and estimates as of such date. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect
events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on
which they were made, except as required by law.
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