Kaleido Biosciences Appoints William Duke as Chief Financial Officer

LEXINGTON, Mass., Nov. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kaleido Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLDO), a clinical-stage healthcare company with a chemistry-driven approach to leveraging the microbiome organ to treat disease and improve human health, today announced the appointment of William Duke as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 25, 2019. Mr. Duke brings nearly 20 years of experience in CFO and senior finance roles, including more than a decade within the life sciences industry.

“Bill has demonstrated a track record of leadership and corporate finance acumen throughout his career and is experienced in the life sciences industry and capital markets,” said Alison Lawton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaleido. “I’m confident that he will be a key member of our executive team, executing our strategy and supporting our business operations.”

“I’m thrilled to join the talented team at Kaleido and be part of delivering on the company’s unique approach of leveraging the potential of microbiome to improve human health,” said Mr. Duke. “With three MMT candidates in clinical studies and multiple data readouts anticipated this year and next, it’s an exciting time at Kaleido. I look forward to working with the team to support the advancement of our pipeline, platform and capabilities across the organization.”

Mr. Duke joins Kaleido from Pulmatrix, Inc., a Nasdaq-listed, clinical-stage pulmonary therapeutics company where he has been CFO. There, he oversaw the company’s financial strategy, helped negotiate the company’s first product partnership, and led the successful completion of several public offerings. Prior to Pulmatrix, he served as CFO of Valeritas, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company, where he led a private financing round, recapitalized the company, and was responsible for the strategic planning, development and leadership of the corporate finance function. Mr. Duke also was senior director of finance at Genzyme Corporation, helping in the sale of the company to Sanofi, and director of finance/accounting at Haemonetics Corporation. Earlier in his career he held CFO positions at G8wave, an integrated media company focused on mobile platforms, and OTF Group, Inc. a business strategy consulting firm.

Mr. Duke earned his B.S. in Business Administration from Stonehill College, an M.B.A. from Bentley College, and is a certified public accountant.

About Microbiome Metabolic Therapies (MMT™)
Kaleido’s Microbiome Metabolic Therapies, or MMTs, are designed to drive the function and distribution of the microbiome organ’s existing microbes in order to decrease or increase the production of metabolites, or to advantage or disadvantage certain bacteria in the microbiome community. The Company’s initial MMT candidates are targeted glycans that are orally administered, have limited systemic exposure, and are selectively metabolized by enzymes in the microbiome. Kaleido utilizes its human-centric discovery and development platform to study MMTs in microbiome samples in an ex vivo setting, followed by advancing MMT candidates rapidly into clinical studies in healthy subjects and patients. These human clinical studies are conducted under regulations supporting research with food, evaluating safety, tolerability and potential markers of effect. For MMT candidates that are further developed as therapeutics, the Company conducts clinical trials under an Investigational New Drug (IND) or regulatory equivalent outside the U.S., and in Phase 2 or later development.

About Kaleido Biosciences
Kaleido Biosciences is a clinical-stage healthcare company with a differentiated, chemistry-driven approach to leveraging the microbiome organ to treat disease and improve human health. The Company has built a human-centric proprietary product platform to enable the rapid and cost-efficient discovery and development of novel Microbiome Metabolic Therapies (MMT™). MMTs are designed to modulate the metabolic output and profile of the microbiome by driving the function and distribution of the organ’s existing microbes. Kaleido is advancing a broad pipeline of MMT candidates with the potential to address a variety of diseases and conditions with significant unmet patient needs. To learn more, visit https://kaleido.com/.

Forward Looking Statements
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