AnaptysBio Announces Appointment of John Orwin as Chairman of the Board of Directors

• After more than 15 years serving on AnaptysBio’s Board of Directors, Jamie Topper, M.D., Ph.D., is stepping down and will serve as an advisor to the Board through Q1 2024
  

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AnaptysBio, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAB), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on delivering innovative immunology therapeutics, today announced it has appointed John Orwin chairman of the AnaptysBio Board of Directors.

“We are excited to welcome John to Anaptys’ Board of Directors as chairman. With more than 25 years of diverse experience across the biopharmaceutical landscape, John brings a track record of substantial accomplishment across our sector as a biotech CEO and Board member. We welcome John’s guidance and expertise in later-stage drug development, commercial planning and overall corporate strategy as we focus on broadly developing our differentiated immune cell modulators, including our two checkpoint agonists, in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases,” said Daniel Faga, president and chief executive officer of AnaptysBio. “We thank Jamie for his many years of service to the Board and his partnership over the past year as we successfully refocused our strategy on diseases with clear biology supporting immune cell modulation, high unmet need and large commercial potential.”

Currently, Mr. Orwin serves on the Board of Directors of Seagen, Inc., Travere Therapeutics and Cargo Therapeutics. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Array BioPharma, Inc. Mr. Orwin also currently serves as president and CEO of Atreca, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, and previously was the CEO of Relypsa, until its acquisition by Galenica, and CEO of Affymax. In building successful businesses and commercializing a range of blockbuster products, he has held leadership roles in marketing, sales and operations for Genentech, Johnson & Johnson, Alza Pharmaceuticals, Sangstat Medical Corporation, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer and Schering-Plough Corporation. Mr. Orwin holds a master’s degree in business administration from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.