– USA, CA – Vaxcyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCVX), a vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, announced the appointed of Dr. Olivier Brandicourt to its Board of Directors.
About Dr. Olivier Brandicourt
Dr. Olivier Brandicourt is a distinguished executive in the biopharmaceutical industry. He is currently a Senior Advisor at Blackstone Life Sciences and serves on the boards of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AvenCell Therapeutics, Inc., BeOne Medicines Ltd., and Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc.
He was the CEO of Sanofi S.A. from 2015 to 2019, where he was instrumental in advancing the company’s vaccine portfolio through the acquisition of Protein Sciences and its recombinant influenza vaccine, and the CEO of Bayer HealthCare AG from 2013 to 2015. Dr. Olivier Brandicourt also spent 13 years at Pfizer Inc., including as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and as President and GM of the Emerging Markets and Established Products business units. Additionally, he served in a series of leadership positions, including heading Pfizer’s Global Specialty and Global Primary Care business units.
“Vaxcyte’s carrier-sparing platform represents a highly differentiated and scientifically compelling approach, with the potential to address some of the most pressing unmet needs in the prevention of bacterial diseases,” said Dr. Brandicourt. “I’m honored to join the Board at such a pivotal time and look forward to working with the team as the Company continues to advance its PCV candidates toward potential commercialization. By broadening protection against invasive pneumococcal disease, Vaxcyte is not only aiming to set a new standard of care—it is also contributing to the global effort to combat antimicrobial resistance, a pervasive public health threat driven by the overuse of antibiotics.”
Dr. Olivier Brandicourt studied medicine in Paris where he specialized in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine and holds a Master’s Degree in Biology and an Advanced Degree in Cellular and Immunological Pathophysiology. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London and has been a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations since 2012.
About Vaxcyte
Vaxcyte is a vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases. The Company is developing broad-spectrum conjugate and novel protein vaccines to prevent or treat bacterial infectious diseases. VAX-31, a 31-valent PCV candidate advancing to a Phase 3 adult clinical program and currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 infant clinical program, is being developed for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in adults and infants and is the broadest-spectrum PCV candidate in the clinic today. VAX-24, the Company’s 24-valent PCV candidate, is designed to cover more serotypes than any infant PCV on the market and is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 infant study. Both VAX-31 and VAX-24 are designed to improve upon the standard-of-care PCVs by covering the serotypes in circulation that are responsible for a significant portion of IPD and are associated with high case-fatality rates, antibiotic resistance, and meningitis, while maintaining coverage of previously circulating strains that are currently contained through continued vaccination practice.
Vaxcyte is re-engineering the way highly complex vaccines are made through modern synthetic techniques, including advanced chemistry and the XpressCF cell-free protein synthesis platform, exclusively licensed from Sutro Biopharma, Inc. Unlike conventional cell-based approaches, the Company’s system for producing difficult-to-make proteins and antigens is intended to accelerate its ability to efficiently create and deliver high-fidelity vaccines with enhanced immunological benefits. Vaxcyte’s pipeline also includes VAX-A1, a prophylactic vaccine candidate designed to prevent Group A Strep infections; VAX-PG, a therapeutic vaccine candidate designed to slow or stop the progression of periodontal disease; and VAX-GI, a vaccine candidate designed to prevent Shigella. Vaxcyte is driven to eradicate or treat invasive bacterial infections, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked.
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