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Scott Requadt
Scott Requadt is the founding CEO of Prolium Bioscience, a New York-based biotech that emerged from stealth in March 2026 with a $50M Series A from RTW and a Phase 1/2-ready CD20xCD3 bispecific T-cell engager, PRO-203, in-licensed from KeyMed Biosciences and InnoCare Pharma for severe autoimmune disease. A lawyer-turned-investor-turned-operator, Requadt spent a decade at Clarus Ventures (later Blackstone Life Sciences) as Managing Director, ran Talaris Therapeutics as CEO from 2018 through its 2023 wind-down, and now sits on the board of ESSA Pharmaceuticals. He trained at McGill, Toronto Law, and Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar), started his career as an M&A attorney at Davis Polk, and has spent the intervening twenty years turning that unusual pedigree into biotech deals.
Alex Martin
Alex Martin is the Chief Executive Officer of Abcuro, a clinical-stage biotech in Newton, Massachusetts working on selectively depleting highly cytotoxic T cells in autoimmune disease and cancer. A biopharma operator with more than 30 years of company-building and deal-making, he has run Palladio Biosciences and Realm Therapeutics (both acquired), served as COO of Intercept Pharmaceuticals and CFO of BioXell, and held business-development leadership at Novartis. In February 2025 he steered Abcuro to a $200 million Series C led by New Enterprise Associates. He also chairs the board of Veralox Therapeutics, sits on the board of ESSA Pharma, coaches senior executives, and lectures at Wharton and Columbia Business School.