ImmunOs Therapeutics Appoints Dr. Hilmar Ebersbach as Vice President Antibody Development and Protein Engineering

Dr. Ebersbach joins ImmunOs from Novartis Pharma, where he served as Group Head with increasing responsibilities at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR), focusing on biotherapeutic engineering and gene therapy. In his most recent role, Dr. Ebersbach led a team of 30 scientists with responsibilities covering all aspects of protein engineering for therapeutic proteins for indications in different disease areas, including autoimmune diseases, inflammation, and (immuno-)oncology. In addition, he managed a global protein engineering portfolio. Previously, he held several Lab Head positions at Novartis Pharma in Basel and worked as a scientist at SCIL Proteins GmbH, Halle, Germany. Dr. Ebersbach holds a Diploma in Biochemistry and a PhD in Biotechnology from Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany, and worked as a postdoc at the University of Zurich as a Novartis Foundation Fellow.

"We warmly welcome Hilmar to ImmunOs. We are excited to have him join the R&D team and lead our protein engineering efforts to develop novel protein- and antibody-based therapies," said Steve Coats, PhD, Chief Development Officer at ImmunOs. "Hilmar brings an excellent track record in protein engineering and drug discovery, especially regarding novel drug formats and conjugates. His breadth and depth of expertise in developing protein-based therapies will be important for broadening our first-in-class pipeline of multi-functional immunotherapies and advancing new therapies towards clinical development."

"I believe that ImmunOs´ approach in myeloid checkpoint therapeutics is at the forefront of current scientific research," said Dr. Hilmar Ebersbach, Vice President ADPE at ImmunOs. "I am excited to use my expertise in protein engineering for therapeutic and multi-specific proteins and to help build the Company´s pipeline of innovative HLA-based therapies, which are designed to address both the adaptive and innate immune systems."