Antibe Therapeutics Inc. announced the expansion of its Clinical Advisory Board with the appointment of Canadian rheumatologist J. Carter Thorne, MD, FRCP(C), FACP, Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Director of The Arthritis Program at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Canada. Dr. Thorne sits on numerous national and international steering and scientific committees identifying and disseminating outcomes and best practices in the management of arthritis. Dr. Thorne is active in clinical research as Principal Investigator with The Arthritis Program (TAP) Research Group and was secretary-treasurer and a founding member of the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium.

He sits on the Steering and Scientific Committee of the Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative, and is a founding member and past-president of the Ontario Rheumatology Association (ORA) and past-president of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA). At the international level, Dr. Thorne is the past secretary-treasurer of the Pan-American League Against Rheumatism (PANLAR), and sits on the steering committee of the American College of Rheumatology's CARE (Continuing Assessment, Review, and Evaluation) Program.