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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRO), a clinical-stage drug discovery, development and manufacturing company focused on the application of precise protein engineering and rational design to create next-generation cancer and autoimmune therapeutics, today announced the promotion of Chief Scientific Officer Trevor Hallam, Ph.D., to President of Research. Dr. Hallam will also continue his role as Chief Scientific Officer.
"Since joining Sutro as CSO more than 10 years ago, Trevor has been instrumental in the development of our cell-free protein synthesis platform from a novel but immature technology to a robust multi-modality platform with a proven manufacturing capability. Additionally, Trevor conceived of and drove our vision to initially focus the platform on antibody drug conjugates (ADCs). Using Sutro's platform for ADCs captures the advantages and power of our proprietary cell-free technology and has enabled the development of novel, potentially best-in-class compounds including STRO-001, STRO-002, CC-99712 in collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb, and M1231 in collaboration with Merck KGaA, EMD Serono," said Bill Newell, Sutro's Chief Executive Officer. "Building on the superiority of our cell-free enabled design approach to ADCs, Sutro is expanding to other modalities and applications which require precision protein engineering, including cytokine derivatives and bispecific antibodies. As President of Research and Chief Scientific Officer, Trevor's continued leadership will be essential to our strategic initiative to maximize the broad potential of our platform both through further internal research and development and through strategic relationships."