Biotech 2050 Podcast23 Jun 2021

62. Tackling autoimmune and allergic disease, Jonathan Rigby, Group CEO, Revolo Biotherapeutics

Jonathan Rigby is an experienced CEO with three decades of experience creating value and opportunities for companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech and drug delivery technology industry. He currently serves as the CEO of Revolo Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company setting out to revolutionize the treatment for autoimmune and allergic diseases, through the development of therapies that reset the immune system to achieve superior long-term disease remission. Prior to leading the charge at Revolo, Mr. Rigby established SteadyMed Therapeutics Inc. and focused the company on the development of drug device combination products to treat Pulmonary Hypertension. As the CEO, he led the company through a Nasdaq listing in 2015(Nasdaq: STDY) and a public-to-public company sale to United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR)in late 2018. In 2006 he co-founded Zogenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZGNX) a specialty pharmaceutical company now focused on the development and commercialization of drug products to treat rare diseases and was instrumental in its listing on Nasdaq in 2010. Earlier in his career, Jonathan held commercial and business development positions of increasing responsibility at large pharmaceutical companies including Merck and Bristol Myers Squibb and Profile Therapeutics, now Phillips Medical. Jonathan has served as Executive Board Member at SteadyMed Ltd. (Nasdaq: STDY), Non-Executive Board Member at Xeris Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XERS) and Chairman of the Board at CollPlant Biotechnologies (Nasdaq: CLGN). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors in Biological Sciences from Sheffield University, UK, and an MBA from Portsmouth University, UK.

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