
Leadership Transition - Inventiva announced a leadership transition with the appointment of Jason Campagna, MD, PhD, as President of Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer, and Martine Zimmermann, PharmD, as Executive Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance [1][2][4] - Dr. Campagna succeeds Pierre Broqua, PhD, who will transition to a consulting role as Scientific Advisor, and Michael Cooreman, MD, who is departing as CMO [2][4] Executive Experience - Dr. Campagna brings extensive expertise in the MASH field, having previously served as CMO at Q32 Bio and MASH Global Program Lead at Intercept Pharmaceuticals [2] - Dr. Zimmermann was most recently Senior Vice President, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Ipsen, where she led the approval of two liver disease drugs [3] Company Focus and Goals - Inventiva is focused on developing oral therapies for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and is currently evaluating lanifibranor in the NATiV3 pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial [5][6] - The company is preparing for the readout of the NATiV3 Phase 3 study next year, with potential regulatory approval and commercialization of lanifibranor [4][6]