Alligator Bioscience announced the promotion of Laura von Schantz to Chief Technology Officer, and her joining the executive management team. In this role, Laura will oversee all technical aspects in the development of Alligator's best-in-class preclinical and clinical pipeline, including lead assets mitazalimab, a CD40 agonist currently in Phase 2 clinical development, and ATOR-1017, a Phase 2-ready 4-1BB agonist. Laura joined Alligator in 2014 and was most recently Vice President, Discovery, a position she held since January 2021 and in which she played a key role in securing Alligator's research agreements most recently with Orion Corporation, as well as restructuring and invigorating the company's Discovery function.

Prior to that, Laura was Director, Antibody Engineering where she was responsible for Alligator's technology platform.