Finch Therapeutics Names Ulrich Thienel Chief Medical Officer

Ulrich Theinel has been appointed chief medical officer of Finch Therapeutics. Before joining the Somerville, MA, microbiome therapeutics developer, Theinel held leadership positions at Novelion Therapeutics, Eleven Biotherapeutics, ImmunoGen, Domantis, and Transkaryotic Therapies. Finch is currently in mid-stage clinical studies testing its microbial therapy as a treatment for Clostridium difficile infection. In other moves, Finch appointed Gregory Perry to serve as chief financial officer.

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.