PHILADELPHIA, PA & SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Dispatch Bio has appointed Mauro Avanzi, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer, strengthening the company’s leadership team as it prepares to advance its pipeline of cancer immunotherapies into human clinical trials in 2026.
A board-certified hematologist and oncologist, Dr. Avanzi brings more than 15 years of experience in clinical development and immunology. He has led programs spanning all phases of development, including several first-in-class cell and gene therapies.
“We are excited to welcome Mauro as the Chief Medical Officer at Dispatch,” said Sabah Oney, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Dispatch. “His rare combination of scientific rigor, clinical expertise, humility, and passion make him the most ideal CMO for Dispatch.”
Dr. Avanzi said he is eager to build on the company’s progress. “Over the course of my career, I have seen firsthand both the power and the limitations of immunotherapies,” he said. “What excites me about Dispatch is the opportunity we have to overcome those limitations and provide cancer patients and their families with a real chance of a cure. The Flare platform represents a bold and scientifically elegant approach, and I look forward to working with this extraordinary team to advance our programs into the clinic and beyond.”
Before joining Dispatch, Dr. Avanzi served as Chief Medical Officer at Shoreline Bio, where he led the development of allogeneic cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases. He previously held leadership roles at Neogene Therapeutics, where he oversaw TCR-T cell programs targeting neoantigens, and at Kite Pharma, where he contributed to the development and approval of Yescarta for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Dr. Avanzi earned his M.D. at Campinas Medical School in Brazil and completed his residency and fellowship at São Paulo University. He holds a Ph.D. from the New York Blood Center/Santa Casa Medical School and completed postdoctoral research on CAR T-cell therapies at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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