Phil Vickers talks new role as head of Longwood’s Solu after Faze shutdown; Regeneron CFO to retire in February

Phil Vick­ers start­ed last week as pres­i­dent and CEO of Solu Ther­a­peu­tics, a Long­wood Fund start­up de­vel­op­ing small mol­e­cule-an­ti­body chimeras.

He takes the place of Long­wood ex­ec­u­tive part­ner David Don­abe­di­an, who has tak­en the ear­ly CEO roles at a num­ber of com­pa­nies Long­wood has backed, in­clud­ing Ax­i­al Ther­a­peu­tics, Im­muneID and DEM Bio­Phar­ma.

Vick­ers was pre­vi­ous­ly head of Faze Med­i­cines, a con­den­sates biotech start­ed by Third Rock that launched with $81 mil­lion in 2020 be­fore shut­ting down at the end of last year.

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