What Happened?
South San Francisco, CA-based Principia-Biopharma,-Inc. Appointed Betsy Santos as Head of Human Resources
About the Company
Principia Biopharma is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of best-in-class small molecule drugs for autoimmune diseases and cancer. The company uses its proprietary technology, licensed from the University of California San Francisco, to enable a new approach to making small molecules that are potent, safe and have antibody-like specificity. Principia raised $40 million in a Series A round of financing from a leading group of healthcare investors, including New Leaf Venture Partners, OrbiMed Advisors, Morgenthaler Ventures, SROne and Mission Bay Capital.
About the Person
As Head of Human Resources for Principia, Ms. Santos leads the company`s efforts in the areas of training, development, culture, employee relations, performance management and benefits. Prior to joining Principia, Ms. Santos was Vice President Human Resources at Switchfly, Inc., a SaaS platform for the travel and loyalty industries. Her previous experience includes various HR roles at CV Therapeutics (acquired by Gilead Sciences, Inc. in 2009), Cepheid and Genentech, Inc. Ms. Santos received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Davis.
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