07/11/2025
We are proud to welcome Dr. Adrian Bot, a renowned biopharmaceutical founder and scientist, who joins Immuthera’s Board of Directors and will also serve as Scientific Advisor to PolTREG S.A.
Dr. Adrian Bot has joined Immuthera to support the company with his unique experience in the commercialization of groundbreaking cell therapies.
Immuthera — PolTREG’s wholly owned U.S. subsidiary — is advancing breakthrough T regulatory (Treg) cell-based therapies to transform the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
“PolTREG is a global leader in the development of T-regulatory cell products with over 12 years of clinical experience in more than 100 patients. This data set in autoimmune disease patients is a unique strength in our rapidly evolving field of cell therapies. I am very excited to help Immuthera and PolTREG advance and commercialize transformative therapies based on engineered Tregs, for patients in need. We are traversing an inflexion point for the field, and I have high confidence in the leadership team under Dr. Piotr Trzonkowski as they are well positioned for a U.S. expansion.”— comments Dr. Adrian Bot.
Dr. Bot brings 27 years of experience in the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry:
• Founding CSO and EVP of R&D at Capstan Therapeutics, where he helped secure $165M in financing before its $2.1B acquisition by AbbVie (2025).
• Leadership roles at Kite Pharma, where he contributed to the success of Yescarta® and Tecartus®, landmark CAR-T cell therapies, prior to the company’s $11.9B acquisition by Gilead (2017).
" Dr. Bot is a seasoned, accomplished, and well respected leader in the evolving field of cell and gene therapies. He has demonstrated on two separate occasions, the ability to lead innovations in Cell therapy from R&D, to clinical translation, to acquisition, in the fields of ex vivo-engineered CAR-T and In-Vivo CAR-T. We share the vision that T regulatory cells, reinforced by the recent Nobel Prize awarded for their discovery, represent the next frontier in cell therapies for patients with autoimmunity and other disease indications. Dr. Bot’s experience and innovative scientific and business approach will be invaluable on our journey to ultimately commercialize Tregulatory cell therapies. We look forward to Dr. Bot’s input and guidance as we bring our therapies into the US and continue to develop next-generation Treg and Treg-based therapies," says Prof. Piotr Trzonkowski, founder and CEO of Poltreg S.A.
PolTREG continues to expand its U.S. presence through Immuthera, its collaboration with Kinexum Services LLC on FDA strategy, and an exclusive partnership with Antion Biosciences to develop multi-edited, allogeneic CAR-Treg therapies.