Mr. Camardo has served as President of Immedica North America, a subsidiary of Immedica Pharma AB, since September 2024. Prior to joining Immedica Pharma AB, Mr. Camardo was Principal of CLC Biopharma, LLC providing consulting services to clinical stage biotech and specialty pharmaceutical companies. From February 2022 to January 2024, Mr. Camardo served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors at Athersys, Inc. In 2022, Mr. Camardo joined the Healthcare Program at the Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches a course on Pharmaceutical Strategy. Prior to joining Athersys, Inc., Mr. Camardo was Executive Vice President and President U.S. of Horizon Therapeutics plc, a biotechnology company focused on serious, rare autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Prior to joining Horizon Therapeutics plc in 2015, Mr. Camardo spent 11 years with Astellas Pharma Inc., a global pharmaceutical company based in Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Camardo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Rochester and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Pasha Sarraf, M.D., Ph.D.
Pasha Sarraf, age 56, joined our board of directors in March 2025. Dr. Sarraf has served as Principal at Upupa Advisory, a strategic advisory firm, since 2023, and CEO and Managing Director at Celosia Holdings and Ventures. Dr. Sarraf previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and executive board member of Matterhorn Biosciences, a biotechnology company, from 2021 to 2023, where he built a supportive team and scaled the scientific effort to demonstrate the value of their T-cell receptors-based platform. Prior to joining Matterhorn Biosciences, Dr. Sarraf served as an Operating Partner of Flagship Pioneering, a venture capital company, from 2020 to 2021. There, he led a team at a portfolio company of Flagship Pioneering who discovered novel genetic circuits in Parkinson’s Disease, initiating a drug discovery program for an innovative target that was later licensed by GSK plc. Prior to joining Flagship Pioneering, Dr. Sarraf served as Senior Wall Street Analyst and Managing Director at Leerink Partners, formerly SVB Leerink. Prior to that, Dr. Sarraf joined McKinsey & Company in 2008 and served in various roles, including as Partner in the life sciences practice from 2015 through 2018, where he focused on strategy, diligence and forecasting. Dr. Sarraf is a member of the boards of directors of biotechnology companies PolarityBio and Praesidia Biotherapeutics, where he serves as Chairman. Dr. Sarraf obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. at Harvard Medical School and trained in internal medicine and rheumatology at Massachusetts General Hospital and National Institutes of Health, focusing on vasculitis, scleroderma and genetic inflammatory disorders. Dr. Sarraf has authored over 50 publications and multiple patents for novel therapies and molecular targets. Dr. Sarraf’s extensive experience in the business of science and biotechnology makes him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.
