New Appointments to progress advancement in Microbiome Space

Microbiome-based therapeutics and biomarkers business Microbiotica has appointed Ronald Carter, MD, as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Tim Sharpington as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Ron Carter joins the Company as CMO at an important stage of its development, with major development programmes currently underway in Immuno-oncology and IBD. He will be responsible for progressing the clinical development of the Company’s Live Bacterial Therapeutics and Biomarkers and expanding its clinical footprint beyond the UK.

He has over 30 years of clinical development experience across Europe, the US, Latin America and Asia in biotech and pharmaceutical companies. He joins Microbiotica from prior roles as Chief Medical Officer at Mologen, Indivumed and MaaTPharma, where he progressed full ecosystem microbiome restoration therapy for cancer patients. Most recently, he held the role of Senior Medical Director at Seres Therapeutics. He has previous experience within the microbiome space, having taken charge of multiple first-in-man studies across Europe that involved faecal microbiota transplantation in leukemia and GvHD (graft-versus-host disease).

Tim Sharpington has held executive and Board-level leadership positions in pharma, biotech and CRO companies in the UK and US. Tim has established a track record of leading, developing and executing company strategy, with experience in product development, fundraising, M&A and licensing. Prior companies in include hVIVO, Vectura, Ixixo, Arakis Ltd, ICON, Sequus Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer. Tim has led the successful development of several pharmaceutical products in the anti-infective, oncology and anti-inflammatory areas.

As COO, Tim will be responsible for development strategy and development operations across the Company, working closely with CEO Mike Romanos to develop and execute the Company’s corporate strategy and financing. He will also work closely with the Company’s CMO and Chief Scientific Officer, managing Microbiotica’s product portfolio.