DICE Therapeutics
Jim Scopa, J.D., M.B.A. joined DICE’s board in November 2020. He brings over 30 years of experience in the life sciences industry, investing in companies and advising public and private boards on strategic and financial transactions. He most recently was a managing director and member of the investment committee of MPM Capital, a global life sciences venture capital firm. Prior to MPM, Mr. Scopa spent 18 years advising growth companies in biopharmaceuticals and medical devices principally at Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown and Thomas Weisel Partners. Mr. Scopa currently serves on the boards of Adverum Biotechnologies(ADVM:Nasdaq), Blade Therapeutics as well as on the Investment Committee of One Ventures. He previously served on the boards of Semma Therapeutics (sold to Vertex), True North Therapeutics (sold to BioVerativ) and iPierian (sold to Bristol Myers Squibb). In 2017 he was appointed a Fellow in the Distinguished Careers Institute at Stanford. Mr. Scopa received an A.B. from Harvard College, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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DICE Therapeutics
At DICE Therapeutics, we design and develop innovative therapies in immunology for patients with debilitating disease. Seeking to create a future where convenient oral medicines with biologic-like efficacy are available to patients with serious medical conditions, we are developing oral alternatives to medicines currently limited to injectable forms. We believe that such pills will be widely appreciated by patients and doctors alike, as they provide a lower bar to entry than biologics, and as oral medicines can easily be co-formulated with other efficacious drugs. The combination of our core technology with additional, unique biophysical insights has enabled DICE to target protein-protein interactions with small molecules. In doing so, DICE has cracked open a previously intractable set of clinically validated therapeutic targets, including Interleukin-17 (IL-17). Our lead program – an orally bioavailable IL-17 antagonist for the treatment of psoriasis – is currently progressing through IND-enabling studies. In parallel, we continue to advance both partnered and internal pipeline drug discovery programs, providing a robust pre-clinical pipeline.