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Disc Medicine Appoints William White to its Board of Directors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (January 13th, 2021) – Disc Medicine, a biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutic candidates for serious and debilitating hematologic diseases, today announced that it has appointed William White to its Board of Directors. “We are delighted to welcome Bill to Disc Medicine’s Board of Directors,” said Chief Executive Officer John Quisel, JD, PhD.
read moreDisc Medicine to Present at the Virtual 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (December 2, 2020) – Disc Medicine, a biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutic candidates for serious and debilitating hematologic diseases, today announced that preclinical data from two pipeline programs that modulate the hepcidin pathway will be presented at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & […]
read moreDisc Medicine to Present at the Piper Sandler 32nd Annual Healthcare Conference
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (November 23, 2020) – Disc Medicine, a hematology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutic candidates for serious and debilitating diseases, announced it will participate in the Piper Sandler 32nd Annual Virtual Healthcare Conference. A pre-recorded presentation by John Quisel, J.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Disc Medicine, will be […]
read moreDisc Medicine Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Leading Experts in Hepcidin Biology
Tomas Ganz, MD, PhD and Elizabeta Nemeth, PhD to Join Disc Medicine Scientific Advisory Board Cambridge, Mass. – October 13, 2020 – Disc Medicine, a company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutic candidates for serious and debilitating hematologic diseases, today announced the appointment of Tomas Ganz, MD, PhD and Elizabeta Nemeth, PhD […]
read moreDisc Medicine to Present at Citi's 15th Annual BioPharma Virtual Conference
Cambridge, Mass. – September 8, 2020 – Disc Medicine, a biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutic candidates for serious and debilitating hematologic diseases, today announced that John Quisel, J.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Disc Medicine, will present at Citi’s 15th Annual BioPharma Virtual Conference today, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 […]
read moreDisc Medicine Expands Leadership Team with Industry Veterans to Advance Hepcidin Modulating Therapies Toward the Clinic
Jonathan Yu Named Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy
William Savage, MD, PhD Appointed Vice President of Clinical Development
John Quisel, JD, PhD Joins Disc Medicine as President and Chief Executive Officer
Cambridge, Mass. – January 28, 2020 – Disc Medicine, a hematology company applying new insights in hepcidin biology to develop therapies that restore red blood cell production in hematologic diseases, today announced the appointment of John Quisel, JD, PhD as President and Chief Executive Officer effective February 25, 2020. Dr. Quisel joins Disc Medicine after more than a decade at Acceleron Pharma where he most recently was Chief Business Officer. In this planned transition, co-founder and interim CEO, Brian MacDonald, will continue to serve as a senior advisor and director of the company.
read moreDisc Medicine Completes $50 Million Series A Financing led by Novo Holdings A/S to Advance New Therapies Addressing Ineffective Red Blood Cell Production
Disc Medicine, a hematology company applying new insights in hepcidin biology to develop therapies that restore red blood cell production in hematologic diseases, today announced the completion of a $50 million Series A financing. The company’s novel approach focuses on targeting hepcidin, a key regulator of iron metabolism, as a treatment for inherited and acquired disorders of erythropoiesis.
read moreDisc Medicine Expands Pipeline Focused on Hepcidin Pathway
Enters into exclusive agreement with AbbVie for series of Hemojuvelin Antagonist Monoclonal Antibodies Cambridge, Mass. – October 29, 2019 – Disc Medicine, a hematology company that is applying new insights in hepcidin biology to develop therapies addressing ineffective red blood cell production in hematologic diseases, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive license […]
read moreIntroducing Disc Medicine, a New Hematology Company
Introducing Disc Medicine – we are a hematology company harnessing new insights in hepcidin biology to address ineffective red blood cell productions (erythropoiesis). Focused on the hepcidin pathway, the master regulator of iron metabolism and the most promising consensus pathway to address a range of diseases, Disc is advancing first-in-class therapies to transform how hematologic disease is treated.
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