{"id":796,"date":"2026-02-05T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adarx.com\/?p=796"},"modified":"2026-02-04T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:20:47","slug":"adarx-pharmaceuticals-appoints-donald-fong-m-d-as-chief-medical-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adarx.com\/dev\/adarx-pharmaceuticals-appoints-donald-fong-m-d-as-chief-medical-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"ADARx Pharmaceuticals Appoints Donald Fong, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 Seasoned clinical development leader brings more than 25 years of deep expertise in clinical development and operations across biotech and healthcare industry \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAN DIEGO, Calif. \u00ad\u00ad\u2013 February 5, 2026 \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/www.adarx.com\/___.YzJ1OmFkYXJ4OmM6bzpjMDJmZmRkYTlmMGRkYjU0MDYzOThkOTMxMjM1MDczODo3OmJkYjI6NTQyMWJmMjYyZTVkOGUzYWU1ZDU3ZjNmNWMxODJhYzBkN2ZmM2ZlMmZlODNmM2U4MGM4NmNkNDAwMzEyZjZmZjpwOlQ6Rg\">ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.<\/a> (ADARx), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation RNA therapeutics, today announced <a>the appointment of Donald Fong, M.D., <\/a>as Chief Medical Officer to lead the advancement of its clinical-stage pipeline. In this role, Dr. Fong will spearhead ADARx\u2019s clinical development strategy and execution, including its ongoing Phase 3 and Phase 2 clinical trials and other clinical programs. Dr. Fong is an accomplished physician-executive with a track record of advancing innovative therapies from early- through late-stage clinical development across a range of therapeutic areas including rare disease, ophthalmology, immunology, infectious disease, oncology and metabolic conditions. He also brings extensive experience building and leading multi-specialty medical and clinical development organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon is a highly respected physician and leader with deep expertise spanning clinical practice, clinical development, and operational execution across the biotech and healthcare industry,\u201d said Dr. Zhen Li, President and Chief Executive Officer of ADARx. \u201cWith early- through late-stage clinical development success, Don brings an end-to-end clinical perspective that will be invaluable as we advance our broad pipeline and execute our strategy. We are thrilled to welcome him to the leadership team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am excited to join ADARx and support the continued advancement of its robust pipeline of clinical-stage, next-generation siRNA therapeutics,\u201d added Dr. Fong. \u201cADARx has built a compelling technology platform with the potential to address significant unmet needs. I look forward to collaborating with the team to advance multiple programs through clinical development and help realize the full potential of ADARx\u2019s RNA technology for patients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to joining ADARx, Dr. Fong most recently served as Chief Medical Officer of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, where he led the clinical development of a broad therapeutic pipeline including plasma kallikrein inhibitors for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) and diabetic macular edema. Prior to BioCryst, Dr. Fong served as vice president of ophthalmology clinical development at Annexon Biosciences, where he advanced the company\u2019s asset to Phase 3 trials in geographic atrophy (GA). Prior to Annexon, Dr. Fong founded the clinical trials division at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) that oversaw trials for all medical and surgical specialties and advanced KPSC\u2019s oncology group to become a leading national site. He also created and led KP\u2019s tele-ophthalmology\/telemedicine program and was a clinical professor at the KP School of Medicine. Dr. Fong has been an advisor to numerous U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committees, in addition to serving as chair of the FDA\u2019s Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Fong completed his residency and fellowship at Harvard Medical School, and received his M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Fong received his M.D. from UT Health San Antonio and his B.A. from Pomona College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About ADARx Pharmaceuticals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/www.adarx.com\/___.YzJ1OmFkYXJ4OmM6bzpjMDJmZmRkYTlmMGRkYjU0MDYzOThkOTMxMjM1MDczODo3OmJkYjI6NTQyMWJmMjYyZTVkOGUzYWU1ZDU3ZjNmNWMxODJhYzBkN2ZmM2ZlMmZlODNmM2U4MGM4NmNkNDAwMzEyZjZmZjpwOlQ6Rg\">ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.<\/a> is a late-stage biotechnology company dedicated to transforming cutting-edge science into next-generation RNA medicines across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We have developed technology to control the expression of specific disease drivers with highly selective RNA targeted therapies with the goal of delivering life-changing treatments for patients with urgent unmet medical needs. ADARx is focused on advancing and expanding a deep pipeline of highly potent, durable and selective RNA-targeted therapeutic candidates, developing product candidates for the treatment of complement-mediated, genetic, cardiovascular, thrombosis, central nervous system and metabolic (obesity) diseases. In addition to our wholly-owned programs, we have entered into a collaboration and license option agreement with AbbVie\u00a0to develop small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics across multiple disease areas, including neuroscience, immunology and oncology. Follow ADARx on <a href=\"https:\/\/protect.checkpoint.com\/v2\/r01\/___https:\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/adarx-pharmaceuticals-inc\/___.YzJ1OmFkYXJ4OmM6bzpjMDJmZmRkYTlmMGRkYjU0MDYzOThkOTMxMjM1MDczODo3OjFiZDE6MTFlYzAwMjY1MGExNjE1MjhiODAwY2Y1Y2UwYTNjN2I3YTJhYTRlNGVhM2IyYjBiZGYwNTBjZDVjYzI1OWJkZDpwOlQ6Rg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contacts<\/strong><br>Investors: ir@adarx.com<br>Media: <a href=\"mailto:teri@redhousecomms.com\">teri@redhousecomms.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2013 Seasoned clinical development leader brings more than 25 years of deep expertise in clinical development and operations across biotech and healthcare industry \u2013 SAN DIEGO, Calif. \u00ad\u00ad\u2013 February 5, 2026 \u2013&nbsp;ADARx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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