MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IGM Biosciences, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on creating and developing engineered IgM antibodies, today announced the appointment of George A. Gauthier to the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Gauthier joins IGM with twenty years of experience in global commercial strategy, marketing, sales and product development. Most recently, Mr. Gauthier was Vice President of Global Product Strategy for Breast and Gynecological Cancers at Genentech, where he led a global team in the creation and execution of commercial and product development strategies.
“We are delighted to have George join our team to lead our commercial efforts,” said Fred Schwarzer, Chief Executive Officer of IGM Biosciences. “George’s proven ability to create global commercialization success with transformational medicines will be essential to executing on our vision of broadly commercializing the promising IgM antibodies that we are developing with our platform technology.”
“The team at IGM has shown a remarkable commitment to bringing new and important treatments to patients,” said Mr. Gauthier. “I share this commitment, and I look forward to developing a strategy and building a team that will allow us to create global commercial success for IgM based medicines.”
Prior to his most recent role at Genentech, Mr. Gauthier served in multiple other roles at Genentech, including Life Cycle Leader of ROZYLTREK and KADYCLA, where he developed and implemented a new commercial model for rare biomarker driven cancers, including new field roles and pricing and reimbursement models. Before his time at Genentech, Mr. Gauthier served in a variety of roles at F. Hoffman-La Roche in Switzerland, including International Business Leader for Tarceva. Mr. Gauthier received his M.B.A. from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University.
About IGM Biosciences, Inc.
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, IGM Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on creating and developing engineered IgM antibodies. Since 2010, IGM Biosciences has worked to overcome the manufacturing and protein engineering hurdles that have limited the therapeutic use of IgM antibodies. Through its efforts, IGM Biosciences has created a proprietary IgM technology platform for the development of IgM antibodies for those clinical indications where their inherent properties may provide advantages as compared to IgG antibodies.
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