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Scenic Aims To Move 'Genetic Modifiers' Science Forward

An interview with Scenic Biotech CEO Oscar Izeboud

 
• By Ben Comer

Co-founded by Sebastian Nijman and Thijn Brummelkamp in 2017, Scenic Biotech is a spinout of the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oxford University. It was established with a focus on identifying genetic modifiers, or genes that suppress or block the disease-causing effects of a mutated gene in the body. In Vivo spoke with incoming CEO Oscar Izeboud about the company’s next steps, and the potential for genetic modifiers to address unmet needs in the rare disease space, and beyond.

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Scenic Biotech CEO Oscar Izeboud • Source: Scenic Biotech

For the past 15 years, Oscar Izeboud worked in corporate finance, conducting equity research and then managing M&A and equity capital market transactions in life sciences at Kempen & Co, a Dutch merchant bank, before joining NIBC Bank as managing director of corporate finance, capital markets. But it was during his earlier experience at

Crucell N.V., a Netherlands-based biotech acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2011, that he “really started to enjoy the...

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