TELA Bio, Inc. Appoints Federica O’Brien to Board of Directors
November 13, 2019 at 04:15 pm EST
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TELA Bio, Inc. announced the appointment of Federica F. O’Brien to the company’s Board of Directors, bringing the company’s total number of directors to eight. Ms. O’Brien has also been appointed chairperson of the audit committee. Ms. O’Brien has over 25 years of executive financial and operational leadership roles in life sciences and technology companies. Ms. O’Brien has held senior executive and financial leadership roles at Complexa, Inc., Cerecor, Inc., Cervilenz, Inc., Cardiokine, Inc., and Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. Earlier in her career, Ms. O'Brien was Chief Financial Officer of Infonautics, Inc., a publicly-held technology-based company. Currently, Ms. O’Brien is President of CFO’Brien Consulting, LLC, for which she provides strategic and financial consulting services for life sciences companies. Ms. O'Brien began her career in professional service accounting firms, most recently at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she was dedicated to emerging growth companies.
TELA Bio, Inc. is a commercial-stage medical technology company. The Company is focused on providing soft-tissue reconstruction solutions that optimize clinical outcomes by prioritizing the preservation and restoration of the patientâs own anatomy. Its first portfolio of products, the OviTex Reinforced Tissue Matrix (OviTex), addresses unmet needs in hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction. Its OviTex portfolio consists of multiple product configurations intended to address various surgical procedures within hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction, including ventral, inguinal, and hiatal hernia repair. The Company's OviTex products include OviTex 1S, OviTex 2S, and OviTex LPR. Its second portfolio of products, the OviTex PRS Reinforced Tissue Matrix (OviTex PRS), addresses unmet needs in plastic and reconstructive surgery. OviTex PRS is indicated for use in implantation to reinforce soft tissue where weakness exists in patients requiring soft-tissue repair.
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