Company: VERA
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012034
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Company: Vera Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
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i is qualified to serve on our Board due to her experience serving on the boards of directors of life sciences companies and as a biopharmaceutical and biotechnology public and private company investor. Michael M. Morrissey, Ph.D., 64, has served as a member of our Board since May 2022. Dr. Morrissey has served as director and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) since July 2010. Dr. Morrissey has held positions of increasing responsibility at Exelixis since he joined the company in February 2000, including serving as President of Research and Development from January 2007 until July 2010. From 1991 to 2000, Dr. Morrissey held several positions at Berlex Biosciences, last holding the position of Vice President, Discovery Research. Earlier in his career, Dr. Morrissey served as a Senior Scientist and Project Team Leader in Medicinal Chemistry at CIBA-Geigy Corporation. Dr. Morrissey served as a member of the board of directors of XWPharma Ltd., a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel therapeutics, from December 2020 to April 2023 and CERo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERO), a public biopharmaceutical company, from January 2022 to November 2022. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery and an inventor on 70 issued U.S. patents and 25 additional published U.S. patent applications. Dr. Morrissey holds a B.S. (Honors) in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University. Our Board and Nominating Committee believes that Dr. Morrissey is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to his extensive experience in clinical development and as a biopharmaceutical executive. Patrick G. Enright, 63, has served on our Board since October 2020. Mr. Enright co-founded Longitude Capital, a healthcare venture capital firm, where he has served as a Managing Director since 2006. Previously, Mr. Enright was a Managing Director of Pequot Ventures, a venture capital firm, where he co-led the life sciences investment practice. Mr. Enright also has significant life sciences operations experience including serving on senior executive positions at Valentis, Inc., Boehringer Mannheim Pharmaceuticals Corp