Mosaic Therapeutics appoints Dr Barry Davies as CSO
October 7, 2024 – Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical – Mosaic Therapeutics, appointments, novel targeted combination medicines, oncology, research and development
- Former AstraZeneca Senior Director, Global Project Leader adds significant experience and expertise to leadership team
- Appointment will drive further development of Mosaic’s targeted oncology combination therapies pipeline and platform.
7 October 2024 — Cambridge UK — Mosaic Therapeutics, a targeted oncology therapeutics company dedicated to resolving cancer’s complexity to power new combination therapies for patients, today announced the appointment of Dr Barry Davies as CSO, where he will lead the Company’s scientific strategy and Research and Development team.
Barry joins Mosaic with over 25 years of experience in drug discovery, including 19 years at AstraZeneca where he most recently held the position of Senior Director, Global Project Leader. During his time with AstraZeneca, he led multiple projects across phases from lead optimisation to phase 2 proof-of-concept clinical trials, mainly in the cell signalling, apoptosis and DNA damage response areas, and led preclinical work on multiple drug discovery programmes including the recently approved Capivasertib/Truqap. Prior to this, Barry held other senior leadership roles at AstraZeneca, including Senior Director, Clinical and Translational Scientific Alliances, in which he was responsible for partnerships and collaborations in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Barry holds a BSc (Hons) Class I in Biochemistry and PhD in mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis from the University of Liverpool. Following postdoctoral work in the laboratory of Professor Bruce Ponder in Cambridge, he established his own research group at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research, University of Newcastle, where he was a group leader, senior lecturer, and Cancer Research UK grant holder.
“Barry’s extensive experience and expertise in early oncology drug discovery and development will be a significant asset to Mosaic. We are thrilled to welcome him to lead the Research and Development team,” said Magda Jonikas, CEO, Mosaic Therapeutics. “Barry’s deep understanding of cancer biology and early drug development will be invaluable to the Company as we continue to progress our pipeline of targeted drug combinations in novel biomarker-defined settings, and enable us to deliver precision medicines for patients who currently have few therapeutic options.”
Barry Davies, CSO, Mosaic Therapeutics, commented: “Mosaic’s pedigree is impressive, and the potential of the data science platform coupled with deeply characterised preclinical models to identify new combination therapies within oncology is very exciting. I’m delighted to join the company at this pivotal stage and look forward to working with the leadership and scientific teams to drive the programmes forward.”
About Mosaic Therapeutics
Mosaic Therapeutics is an oncology therapeutics company using advanced computational methods and next-generation cancer models to discover and develop novel targeted combination medicines. The company’s mission is to tackle cancers with substantial unmet need and few targeted treatment options, by reinventing the traditional approach to target and drug discovery to identify novel biomarker-stratified medicines. Born out of pioneering research at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, in collaboration with the Netherlands Cancer Institute, and anchored around a proprietary platform that has seen 20 years of fine-tuning and development, Mosaic has active programmes across a variety of oncology indications and disease biology pathways. Visit: www.mosaic-tx.com.
