Forte Biosciences, Inc. announced that Dr. Scott Brun, M.D. has been appointed to the Forte Biosciences Board of Directors. Dr. Brun is currently a Venture Partner at Abingworth and in addition to his consulting practice, he is also a Senior Advisor for Horizon Therapeutics, and a Senior Medical Advisor at Launch Therapeutics. Dr. Brun previously served in numerous executive capacities at AbbVie, most recently as Head of AbbVie Ventures.

In Dr. Brun's previous role as Head of Product Development at Abbvie, he led the global organization responsible for the development of AbbVie's portfolio of early and late-stage clinical preregistration pipeline compounds as well as marketed compounds across a range of therapeutic areas. Dr. Brun received his M.D. at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.