Bicycle Therapeutics Appoints Pierre Legault as New Director and Board Chairman

CAMBRIDGE, England & BOSTON--()--Bicycle Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle™) product platform, announced today the appointment of Pierre Legault, MBA, CPA, as a Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Legault brings to Bicycle more than 35 years of executive leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. He replaces Stephen J. Hoffman, M.D., Ph.D., as Chairman.

“I am excited to have Pierre join the Bicycle team. His broad experience in biopharma leadership will be tremendously valuable for us as our clinical pipeline matures,” said Kevin Lee, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Bicycle Therapeutics. “As we welcome Pierre, we also thank Steve for his guidance and leadership through a period of rapid growth at Bicycle over the last three years, helping us to successfully evolve the company into a clinical stage organization, complete two financings, establish a strong U.S. presence and develop a broad, differentiated product pipeline of Bicycle-based therapeutics.”

“I’m honored to accept this Chairman role,” said Mr. Legault. “Bicycle’s technology is truly unique, and I look forward to working closely with the team and the rest of the Board to advance our work in oncology and other diseases.”

Mr. Legault also currently serves as the Chairman of Poxel, a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative drugs for metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. He is Chairman of Artios, a DNA damage repair company. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Clementia Pharmaceuticals, Urovant Sciences and Syndax Pharmaceuticals. In the past, he was a member of the Board of Directors at Forest Laboratories, Tobira Therapeutics, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Regado Biosciences, Armo Biosciences, Iroko Pharmaceuticals, Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Eckerd Pharmacy and Nephrogenex, where he also served as the Chairman and CEO from 2012 to 2016. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the CEO of Prosidion. From 2009 to 2010, he served as the CFO and Treasurer of OSI Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Legault also served as the CEO of Eckerd Pharmacy and Senior Executive Vice President and CAO of the Rite Aid Corporation. Between 1989 and 2005, he held various global roles such as President, CEO and CFO of global group at Sanofi and legacy companies. Mr. Legault studied at McGill University, HEC Montreal and Harvard Business School.

About Bicycle Therapeutics

Bicycle Therapeutics is developing a unique class of chemically synthesized medicines based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide (Bicycle™) product platform to address therapeutic needs unreachable with existing treatment modalities. Bicycle’s internal focus is in oncology, where the company is developing targeted cytotoxics (Bicycle Toxin Conjugates™), targeted innate immune activators and T-cell modulators for cancers of high unmet medical need. Bicycles’ small size and highly selective targeting deliver rapid tumor penetration and retention while clearance rates and routes of elimination can be tuned to minimize exposure of healthy tissue and bystander toxicities. The company’s lead program, BT1718, is being evaluated in a Phase I/IIa trial in collaboration with Cancer Research UK. The company’s unique intellectual property is based on the work initiated at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, U.K., by the scientific founders of the company, Sir Greg Winter, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work in phage display of peptides and antibodies, and Professor Christian Heinis. Bicycle has its headquarters in Cambridge, U.K., with many key functions and members of its leadership team located in the biotech hub of Boston, Mass. For more information, visit www.bicycletherapeutics.com or follow us on Twitter at @Bicycle_tx.

Contacts

Media:
Ten Bridge Communications
Sara Green sgreen@tenbridgecommunications.com +1-617-233-1714

Investors:
Argot Partners
Maeve Conneighton maeve@argotpartners.com +1-212-600-1902

Release Summary

Bicycle Therapeutics announced today the appointment of Pierre Legault, MBA, CPA, as a Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Contacts

Media:
Ten Bridge Communications
Sara Green sgreen@tenbridgecommunications.com +1-617-233-1714

Investors:
Argot Partners
Maeve Conneighton maeve@argotpartners.com +1-212-600-1902