25+ years in clinical development, diagnostics, and biomarker research
Prior to joining Abivax in July 2024, David was Senior Vice President, Head of Biometrics and Data Management at Alumis Inc. As part of the founding management team at Alumis, he served as Chief Information Officer responsible for building up capabilities in Biometrics, IT, Facilities, and Investor Relations during the early days of the company. Before joining Alumis, David was Vice President of Biometrics, Data Science, and Digital Health at MyoKardia where he built the advanced analytics capabilities from the ground up to enable the successful completion of critical Phase 3 study design, data readouts, and New Drug Application submission of CAMZYOS® (mavacamten) until the company's acquisition by Bristol Myers Squibb in 2020. Prior to MyoKardia, David spent 15 years at Roche/Genentech with increasing responsibilities leading and building biostatistics and strategic innovation functions. He began his pharmaceutical industry career at Eli Lilly and Abbott Laboratories after receiving his PhD in biostatistics with a minor in genetics from UCLA and completing post-doctoral research at Columbia University, New York, NY.