Silence sets up SAB to strengthen liver pipeline
This article was originally published in Scrip
RNA interference company Silence Therapeutics has created a scientific advisory board with the appointment of two key opinion leaders in the area of liver diseases, Professors Detlef Schuppan and Massimo Pinzani. Professor Schuppan is a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist, director of molecular and translational medicine, and full professor of medicine at Mainz University Medical Centre in Germany. He is also professor of medicine and senior visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School. Professor Pinzani is professor of medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Florence, Italy, and visiting professor in the division of hepatology at Osaka City School of Medicine in Japan.
Silence said the SAB will provide scientific perspectives and strategic insight to enable the company to leverage its gene silencing technologies and its liver specific liposome delivery technology, DBTC, in the liver disease arena. CEO Tony Sedgwick said of the appointments, "We look forward to employing their expertise to identify novel targets for Silence."