MRM Health Appoints Grégoire Franoux as Chief Business Officer and Adds Ron Robison to its Board of Directors
September 10 2024 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
MRM Health NV, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company
developing innovative therapeutics for inflammatory, CNS and
metabolic diseases, today announced the appointment of Grégoire
Franoux, M.B.A., to the newly created role of Chief Business
Officer. Concurrently, the company has strengthened its Board of
Directors with the appointment of industry veteran Ron Robison,
M.D.
“We are excited to have Grégoire join our executive team at this
pivotal moment for MRM Health, on the cusp of late-stage clinical
development for our lead candidate MH002 in ulcerative colitis and
pouchitis, from our proprietary CORAL platform designed to harness
the full power of the gut microbiome to develop effective and safe
therapeutics,” said Sam Possemiers, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer
of MRM Health. “Grégoire’s extensive expertise in corporate
development, combined with his strategic acumen, will be crucial as
we continue to advance our pipeline and expand our reach.”
Mr. Franoux will lead the company’s business development and
corporate strategy, focusing on forging strategic partnerships and
driving growth. He brings 20 years of experience in strategic
planning, licensing, business development and corporate finance
within the biotechnology sector. He joins MRM Health from Belfius
Bank, where he was spearheading Corporate Finance and Capital
Markets activities in the Life Sciences sector. Prior to joining
Belfius, Gregoire held senior business development positions at
Oxurion, Gruenenthal GmbH and Flamel Technologies. He holds an M.S.
in Biotechnology from ESIEE Paris, an M.S. in International Finance
from IAE Aix-Marseille, and an Executive M.B.A. from INSEAD.
“It is an exciting time to join the MRM Health team as the
company makes important progress advancing next-generation LBPs for
inflammatory, CNS and metabolic diseases. I look forward to
optimizing the value of MRM’s potentially life-altering therapies
and delivering them to patients in need,” commented Grégoire
Franoux.
In addition, MRM Health welcomes Ron Robison, M.D., to its Board
of Directors. Ron, who previously served as Vice President at
AbbVie, brings over three decades of experience in drug development
and commercialization. Ron also served in global senior
pharmaceutical R&D leadership roles at several organizations,
including Mallinckrodt Medical, Sanofi/Sterling Winthrop, Nycomed,
Amersham Health, Abbott and Head of R&D and Chief Medical
Officer at Solvay Pharmaceuticals. Ron has overseen the approval of
more than 20 new molecular entities worldwide with over ten
innovative clinical indications obtained under FDA breakthrough
therapy designation. Dr. Robison holds an M.D. from the Oregon
Health Sciences University, an M.S. in Medical
Informatics/Biomedical Engineering from the University of Utah, and
a B.S. from Oregon State University.
MRM Health Chairman Werner Cautreels added, “We are thrilled to
have Ron join our Board. His deep industry knowledge and experience
progressing assets through clinical and global regulatory
development will be invaluable as we continue to grow and develop
potentially transformative therapies.”
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About MRM Health
MRM Health is a clinical-stage biotech developing innovative
therapeutics for inflammatory, CNS and metabolic diseases. The
Company’s most advanced program MH002 is in preparation for pivotal
clinical development in Ulcerative Colitis and/or in the orphan
disease indication Pouchitis. MRM Health leverages its proprietary
disruptive CORAL® technology platform to design microbiome-based
biotherapeutics, based on disease-focused specific combinations of
5 to 10 live gut bacteria, and to optimize them for faster
onset-of-action and increased potency and robustness. A significant
differentiator is the ability to manufacture these consortia as
single drug substance in a single standardized, scalable and highly
cost-effective process. In addition to the program in Inflammatory
Bowel Diseases, MRM Health has ongoing preclinical programs in
Parkinson’s Disease and Spondyloarthritis, and partnered programs
with IFF in Type 2 Diabetes and NAFLD.
For more information, please visit the website at
www.mrmhealth.com.
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