Hodits joining Angelini venture unit
Plus: Zenas taps Tesaro vet Lakin for CSO job; Lift hires Exley
Angelini Ventures named Regina Hodits managing director. Hodits was most recently managing partner at Wellington Partners, and has also held roles at Atlas Venture and Apax Partners. Angelini Ventures is the VC arm of Angelini Industries, which is also the parent company of Rome-based Angelini Pharma S.p.A. The venture firm expects to invest €300 million ($330 million) into biotech and digital health companies in Europe and North America.
Autoimmune therapies developer Zenas BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ:ZBIO) named Haley Laken CSO. Laken has been COO of B cell engineering company Tabby Therapeutics Ltd. and chief development officer at Jounce Therapeutics Inc. She also held a development role at Tesaro Inc., where Zenas founder Lonnie Moulder was CEO...