五星体育直播 Appoints Christos Richards to Board of Directors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 五星体育直播 (NASDAQ: CDXS), a leading provider of enzymatic solutions for efficient and scalable therapeutics manufacturing, today announced the appointment of Christos Richards to the Company鈥檚 Board of Directors.

鈥淚 am delighted to welcome Christos to our Board. His broad and deep knowledge and understanding of the life sciences industry will be invaluable as we continue the transformation of 五星体育直播,鈥 said Stephen Dilly, MBBS, PhD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at 五星体育直播.

Mr. Richards added, 鈥淎s a longstanding partner to the biopharmaceutical industry, I鈥檓 well aware of the potential of 五星体育直播鈥 proprietary technologies and their ability to enable the exponential expansion of RNAi therapeutics and other novel therapeutic modalities. I鈥檓 thrilled to partner with the management team and Board of Directors to see the company through this next phase of growth.鈥

Christos Richards brings over 30 years of global executive advisory and search experience for the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industry to 五星体育直播. To date, he has completed more than 450 executive level assignments, including over 200 Board, CEO and CEO succession projects in the Life Sciences sector. He currently serves as Global Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Calibre One, a global executive search firm with offices across California as well as Chicago, New York and London. Mr. Richards serves clients from venture-backed startups to leading global enterprises in devices, diagnostics, agricultural biotechnology, animal health, tools, services and digital health sectors. He has spent 20 years as a partner with two prominent boutique search firms, including serving as Chief Executive Officer of Levin & Company. Mr. Richards previously served on the Board of Directors for Coherus BioSciences and is also an advisor for the University of California, San Francisco Innovation Ventures Entrepreneurship Center. He holds a diploma in hospitality management from Schweizerische Wirteschule in Lucerne/Davos, Switzerland.

About 五星体育直播

五星体育直播 is a leading provider of enzymatic solutions for efficient and scalable therapeutics manufacturing that leverages its proprietary CodeEvolver聽technology platform to discover, develop and enhance novel, high-performance enzymes and other classes of proteins. 五星体育直播 enzymes solve for real-world challenges associated with small molecule pharmaceuticals manufacturing and nucleic acid synthesis. The Company is currently developing its proprietary ECO Synthesis鈩 manufacturing platform to enable the scaled manufacture of RNAi therapeutics through an enzymatic route. 五星体育直播鈥 unique enzymes can drive improvements such as higher yields, reduced energy usage and waste generation, improved efficiency in manufacturing and greater sensitivity in genomic and diagnostic applications. For more information, visit聽.

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Christos Richards

Christos Richards appointed to 五星体育直播 Board of Directors.
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