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Flagship Pioneering Announces Appointment of Margo Georgiadis as CEO-Partner

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Thursday, April 7, 2022

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, announced today that former Ancestry.com CEO Margo Georgiadis is joining Flagship as CEO-Partner.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, announced today that former Ancestry.com CEO Margo Georgiadis is joining Flagship as CEO-Partner.
  • said Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering.
  • "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to join Flagship Pioneering and contribute to building new models for preemptive health.
  • With an unrivaled team of world-class scientists and technologists, Flagship is bringing to market transformational technology platforms that are reshaping the future of health and sustainability," said Margo Georgiadis, Flagship Pioneering CEO-Partner.

Radius Health Announces Leadership Appointments

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

BOSTON, March 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radius Health, Inc. ("Radius" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: RDUS), today announced appointments to new roles on its executive leadership team, effective immediately.

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  • BOSTON, March 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radius Health, Inc. ("Radius" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: RDUS), today announced appointments to new roles on its executive leadership team, effective immediately.
  • Mark Conley has joined Radius as the Companys Chief Financial Officer.
  • Both Kim and Mark bring significant leadership experience and technical knowledge to their roles at Radius.
  • Radius is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing unmet medical needs in the areas of bone health, orphan diseases, and oncology.

Flagship Pioneering Named to Fast Company's Annual List of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, has been named to Fast Company's prestigious annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022, ranking as the #2 most innovative company in North America.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, has been named to Fast Company's prestigious annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2022, ranking as the #2 most innovative company in North America.
  • In addition to the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies, 528 organizations are recognized across 52 categories.
  • Flagship Pioneering conceives, creates, resources, and developsfirst-in-category bioplatform companies to improve human health and sustainability.
  • The World's Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company's signature franchise and one of its most highly anticipated editorial efforts of the year.

INVAIO SCIENCES STRENGTHENS ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF HUGH GRANT

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invaio Sciences, Inc., a Flagship Pioneering company focused on unlocking the potential of the planet's interdependent natural systems to solve pressing agricultural, sustainability, and environmental challenges, today announced the appointment of Hugh Grant to its Board of Directors.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invaio Sciences, Inc., a Flagship Pioneering company focused on unlocking the potential of the planet's interdependent natural systems to solve pressing agricultural, sustainability, and environmental challenges, today announced the appointment of Hugh Grant to its Board of Directors.
  • Hugh Grant was chairman and chief executive officer of the former Monsanto Company.
  • Grant serves as lead director of PPG Industries, Inc., and recently joined the board of Freeport McMoRan.
  • Invaio Sciences is dedicated to developing solutions that are mindful of beneficial insects, bad for pests, and safer for us all.

Kaleido Biosciences to Present Updated Data of KB295 In Ulcerative Colitis at the 2022 Crohn’s and Colitis Congress

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Friday, January 21, 2022

This proof-of-principle clinical study also continues to clearly demonstrate that KB295 leads to decreases in important disease-associated biomarkers of intestinal inflammation.

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  • This proof-of-principle clinical study also continues to clearly demonstrate that KB295 leads to decreases in important disease-associated biomarkers of intestinal inflammation.
  • Kaleido has also been analyzing data from the full dataset, including the follow-up period, and looks forward to presenting that data at an upcoming medical meeting.
  • KB295 was evaluated in an exploratory, open-label, single arm non-IND clinical study in subjects with mild-to-moderate UC.
  • Subjects received KB295 for eight weeks, titrated up to 40g twice daily and then entered a two-week follow-up period.

Kaleido Biosciences Announces Expansion of Collaboration with Janssen to Explore Potential of Microbiome Metabolic Therapies (MMT™) to Prevent Childhood-Onset of Atopic, Immune and Metabolic Conditions

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Monday, December 6, 2021

The collaboration is designed to explore the potential for Microbiome Metabolic Therapies (MMT) to prevent childhood-onset of atopic, immune and metabolic conditions by promoting healthy function of the gut microbiome.

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  • The collaboration is designed to explore the potential for Microbiome Metabolic Therapies (MMT) to prevent childhood-onset of atopic, immune and metabolic conditions by promoting healthy function of the gut microbiome.
  • Janssen will fund the additional costs associated with the expanded scope of the collaboration.
  • The Company has built a proprietary product platform to enable the rapid and cost-efficient discovery and development of novel Microbiome Metabolic Therapies (MMT).
  • Kaleido is advancing a broad pipeline of MMT candidates with the potential to address a variety of diseases and conditions with significant unmet patient needs.

Generate Biomedicines Announces First External Equity Raise of $370 Million to Advance Its Drug Generation Platform

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

The Generate platform can rapidly generate antibodies, peptides, enzymes, cell and gene therapies to meet any therapeutic need.

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  • The Generate platform can rapidly generate antibodies, peptides, enzymes, cell and gene therapies to meet any therapeutic need.
  • Generate is deploying machine learning at scale to understand the genetic code underlying the function of proteins.
  • This financing will enable Generate Biomedicines to advance and evolve the platform as well as rapidly scale the organization with top-tier scientific and computational talent.
  • In addition, Generate is building two state-of-the-art facilities that will significantly expand the companys computational biology, machine learning, data generation, and wet lab capabilities.

Flagship Pioneering Announces Appointment of Justine Levin-Allerhand as Senior Partner, Corporate Development

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Monday, November 15, 2021

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, announced today that Justine Levin-Allerhand, Ph.D., has joined the company in a newly created role as Senior Partner, Corporate Development.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, announced today that Justine Levin-Allerhand, Ph.D., has joined the company in a newly created role as Senior Partner, Corporate Development.
  • In addition, she will advance corporate development broadly, including building new relationships with limited partners and building partnerships with aligned research and academic institutions.
  • "Justine brings to Flagship an incredible depth of experience in developing and managing not only board development and recruitment, but also how to engage and leverage boards effectively for the betterment of institutions," said Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering.
  • "I'm delighted to be joining the incredible team at Flagship Pioneering," added Justine Levin-Allerhand, Senior Partner, Corporate Development, Flagship Pioneering.

Kaleido Biosciences to Participate in the Piper Sandler 33rd Annual Virtual Healthcare Conference

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Monday, November 15, 2021

LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLDO), a clinical-stage biotech company with a differentiated, small-molecule approach to treating inflammatory conditions and diseases by selectively targeting the resident microbiome to restore gut-immune homeostasis, today announced that CEO Dan Menichella will participate in a fireside chat at the Piper Sandler 33rd Annual Virtual Healthcare Conference.

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  • LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLDO), a clinical-stage biotech company with a differentiated, small-molecule approach to treating inflammatory conditions and diseases by selectively targeting the resident microbiome to restore gut-immune homeostasis, today announced that CEO Dan Menichella will participate in a fireside chat at the Piper Sandler 33rd Annual Virtual Healthcare Conference.
  • The presentation will be available on-demand starting at 10:00AM ET on Monday, November 22.
  • The webcast of the presentation will be made available in the Investors & Media section of Kaleidos website at https://investors.kaleido.com/events-presentations .
  • Kaleido Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotech company with a differentiated, small-molecule approach to treating inflammatory conditions and diseases by selectively targeting the resident microbiome to restore gut-immune homeostasis.

Kaleido Biosciences to Appoint Dr. Alison Long as Chief Medical Officer

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Additionally, she will lead our medical affairs team as well as support translational microbiome research and the development of further new drug development candidates.

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  • Additionally, she will lead our medical affairs team as well as support translational microbiome research and the development of further new drug development candidates.
  • I am honored to be joining this talented team at Kaleido during a pivotal stage of growth for the Company, said Dr. Long.
  • She most recently served as interim Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development at Freeline Therapeutics, and was responsible for the clinical development, clinical operations, medical affairs, and regulatory functions of Freelines development programs.
  • She received her medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand, and Ph.D. in biodefense from George Mason University.