Symic Biomedical announced today the appointment of Barbara Yanni and William J. Newell to its board of directors. Mr. Newell is the CEO of Sutro Biopharma, Inc. which has entered into a strategic collaboration and acquisition option with Celgene regarding their therapeutic technology platform. Ms. Yanni retired in 2014 from Merck & Co., Inc. where she was most recently Vice President and Chief Licensing Officer. Read the press release at MarketWatch