Akari Therapeutics appoints Vatnak Vat-Ho chief business officer
Bitget2026/10/13 13:05- Akari Therapeutics named Vatnak Vat-Ho chief business officer to lead corporate strategy, partnering, licensing, investor engagement.
- Vat-Ho brings 20+ years in oncology business development, biopharma strategy, equity research, healthcare investing; worked on deals totaling $25 billion.
- Most recently served as chief business officer at Ryvu Therapeutics, where he closed an ADC payload collaboration with Exelixis.
- At Ryvu, he also originated a multi-target immuno-oncology research collaboration with BioNTech.
- Appointment comes as Akari advances TROP2-targeted ADC AKTX-101 toward the clinic, alongside its PH1 payload platform.
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