Forma Therapeutics announced three additions to its R&D team, expanding its oncology drug discovery departments.

Jaime Escobedo, PhD, has been named vice president of Biology; Mark J. Tebbe, PhD, has been named vice president of Medicinal and Computational Chemistry; and Dennis France has been named executive director and head of Biomolecular Screening. Each has experience in oncology drug discovery and development.

“Joining our science leadership team, each will foster the growth of Forma’s scientists as we pursue our discovery programs focused on cancer targets, including those involving cancer metabolism, protein-protein interactions, and epigenetics,” says Kenneth Bair, PhD, senior vice president and head of Research and Development of Forma.

Release Date: Dec. 27, 2011
Source: FormaTherapeutics