Protagonist Therapeutics appoints Newman Yeilding as chief scientific advisor

Protagonist Therapeutics announced the appointment of Newman Yeilding, M.D. to the role of Chief Scientific Advisor, effective August 1, 2024. Dr. Yeilding is an accomplished physician-scientist with deep knowledge and expertise in inflammatory, rheumatology, autoimmune and immunologic diseases. As Chief Science Advisor, he will provide discovery, pre-clinical and translational research and development leadership to maximize the impact of the Protagonist platform in areas where peptides have the ability to be best-in-class therapeutics. Dr. Yeilding joins Protagonist following his 17-year career at Janssen, where he held a number of senior roles including Head of Immunology Development and R&D, Vice President of Immunology Dermatology, GI Development Senior Director, Vice President Immunology, and STELARA and Early Development Compound Development Team Leader.