– USA, CA – insitro, a machine learning-powered drug discovery and development company, announced the appointment of Dr. Amy Abernethy (M.D., Ph.D.) to its board of directors.
About Dr. Amy Abernethy
Dr. Abernethy, who has dedicated her career to transforming clinical development to drive innovation for patients, brings deep expertise having held several leadership roles in biotech, drug policy, and as a former practicing hematologist-oncologist and palliative medicine physician.
Dr. Abernethy started her career in the biotech industry at Flatiron Health, where she served as chief medical officer, chief scientific officer, and senior vice president for oncology, and directed their research vision on utilizing real-world evidence to enable clinical research. She went on to hold the position of Principal Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and also served as the agency’s acting chief information officer. In that role, Dr. Abernethy oversaw the FDA’s vision and execution of the use of data and technology in clinical development. Most recently, Dr. Abernethy served as Verily’s president of product development and chief medical officer. There, she led teams in the development and delivery of software and data products that bridge the gap between clinical research and care.
Dr. Abernethy was a professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and directed the Center for Learning Health Care in the Duke Clinical Research Institute and Duke Cancer Care Research Program in the Duke Cancer Institute. She is an author of more than 500 scientific and medical publications.
Dr. Abernethy now plans to continue her mission of accelerating clinical evidence generation to advance groundbreaking new treatments at a new organization where she will lead initiatives to inform health policy, demonstrate new capabilities in healthcare settings, and fund programs that drive innovation in clinical research.
“I strongly believe that applying artificial intelligence and technology across all phases of the drug development process will be necessary if we truly want to transform medicine and impact as many people as possible,” said Dr. Amy Abernethy. “insitro is at the forefront of this effort, combining machine learning and data at scale to identify and advance new medicines, with important innovations already emerging from their research. I am excited to partner with this team, working alongside them to advance new medicines for patients.”
About insitro
insitro is a drug discovery and development company using machine learning and data at scale to decode biology for transformative medicines. At the core of Insitro’s approach is the convergence of in-house generated multi-modal cellular data and high-content phenotypic human cohort data. These data are used to develop ML models that expand Insitro’s data tensor via imputation, uncover underlying biologic state, and elucidate high-impact genetic modulators of disease. These powerful models rely on extensive biological and computational infrastructure and allow intro to advance novel targets and patient biomarkers, design therapeutics, and inform clinical strategy. insitro is advancing a wholly owned and partnered pipeline of insights and therapeutics in neuroscience, oncology, and metabolism. Since launching in 2018, insitro has raised over $700 million from top tech, biotech, and crossover investors, and from collaborations with pharmaceutical partners.
For more information: https://www.insitro.com/
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