Adrian Jubb Departs Achaogen for Immune-Onc Chief Medical Post

Adrian Jubb has been appointed chief medical officer of Palo Alto, CA-based Immune-Onc Therapeutics. Jubb comes to Immune-Onc from Achaogen (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AKAO]]), where he was vice president and head of early development. Immune-Onc also appointed An Song to serve as senior vice president of development sciences. Song most recently worked at Genentech as a senior director in the company’s research and early development organization. In addition to the executive appointments, Immune-Onc announced a $33 million Series B round of financing to advance its preclinical drug pipeline. The company’s lead drug candidate, IO-202, is being developed as a potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia and other cancers.

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.