Sylvain Celanire becomes CEO at Augustine Therapeutics

Company
Augustine Therapeutics
Appointee name
Sylvain Celanire
Country

Belgium

Augustine Therapeutics, a Belgian biotech, has appointed Sylvain Celanire as chief executive to lead the development of new medicines for neurodegenerative diseases. Dr Celanire holds a PhD in medicinal chemistry from the University of Rouen in France and started his career at UCB New Medicines in Belgium. He subsequently joined Addex Therapeutics in Switzerland before co-founding Pragma Therapeutics in France. Pragma is developing medicines for sensory-neural hearing loss and neuropsychiatric disorders. Most recently, Dr Celanire has worked as a consultant to private and listed biotech companies.

Augustine Therapeutics announced the appointment on 18 March 2021.

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