Management Tracks: Synthorx, Vir

Synthetic biology company Synthorx Inc. (La Jolla, Calif.) hired Laura Shawver as president, CEO and a director. She was CEO of Cleave Biosciences Inc. (Burlingame, Calif.).

Vir Biotechnology Inc. (San Francisco, Calif.) hired Herbert “Skip” Virgin as EVP of research and CSO, effective Jan. 1. He joins the infectious disease company from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where he has served as professor and chair of the department of pathology & immunology...