Silence Therapeutics Announces Retirement of Alistair Gray from Board of Directors
29 April 2024 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
Silence Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: SLN) (“Silence” or the
“Company”), an experienced and innovative biotechnology company
committed to transforming people’s lives by silencing diseases
through precision engineered medicines, today announced that
Alistair Gray, who has served as an independent member of Silence’s
Board of Directors (the “Board”) since 2015, informed the Company
that he will retire from the Board, effective May 1, 2024.
Iain Ross, Silence’s Chairman of the Board, commented, “Alistair
has made significant contributions to the Board and the Company
over the past nine years. During his time on the Board, the Company
has transitioned into a global player focused on the development of
a new generation of medicines harnessing the body’s natural
mechanism of RNA interference, developed a pipeline of innovative
product candidates, secured meaningful big pharma partnerships and
established a first-class management team. I want to recognise and
thank Alistair for his input on behalf of the Board and management
over almost a decade. We wish him well in the future."
Mr. Gray stated, “Nearly 10 years after joining the Silence
Board and at age 75, I feel the time is right to retire as a
director. When I joined Silence, there were few targets in the
clinic and the organisation was in an early stage of development.
Since 2019, we have enjoyed a period of stability under the
leadership of Iain Ross, our Chair, and I have been privileged to
serve as Senior Independent Director. Under the executive
leadership of Craig Tooman, our President and Chief Executive
Officer, our business has been transformed both clinically and
financially to a point where we have a number of product candidates
advancing in the clinic and increasing recognition of Silence as a
true platform company. I would like to thank my colleagues on the
Board and the executives as well as our staff in Berlin, London and
New Jersey for their support and encouragement over our time
together.”
About Silence Therapeutics Silence Therapeutics is
developing a new generation of medicines by harnessing the body's
natural mechanism of RNA interference, or RNAi, to inhibit the
expression of specific target genes thought to play a role in the
pathology of diseases with significant unmet need. Silence's
proprietary mRNAi GOLD™ platform can be used to create siRNAs
(short interfering RNAs) that precisely target and silence
disease-associated genes in the liver, which represents a
substantial opportunity. Silence's wholly owned product candidates
include zerlasiran (SLN360) designed to address the high and
prevalent unmet medical need in reducing cardiovascular risk in
people born with high levels of lipoprotein(a) and divesiran
(SLN124) designed to address rare hematological diseases, including
polycythemia vera. Silence also maintains ongoing research and
development collaborations with AstraZeneca and Hansoh Pharma,
among others. For more information, please visit
https://www.silence-therapeutics.com/.
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Inquiries: Silence Therapeutics plc Gem Hopkins, VP, IR
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