Commense Selects Merrimack Pharma Veteran Edward Stewart for CEO

Microbial therapies developer Commense has appointed Edward “Tad” Stewart to serve as the Boston company’s president and CEO. Stewart was most recently chief business officer of Cambridge, MA-based Crescendo Biologics. Before that, he spent 15 years at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MACK]]) as senior vice president, business development. Commense emerged from Boston startup creator PureTech in 2016 to  develop “therapeutic cocktails” of microbes intended to inoculate children against disease.

Author: Frank Vinluan

Xconomy Editor Frank Vinluan is a business journalist with experience covering technology and life sciences. Based in Raleigh, he was a staff writer at the Triangle Business Journal covering technology, biotechnology and energy before joining MedCityNews.com as North Carolina bureau chief. Prior to moving to North Carolina’s Research Triangle in 2007 he held business reporting positions at The Des Moines Register and The Seattle Times.