Christian Itin is a very seasoned biotechnology company leader with more than 25 years of industry experience. He currently serves as CEO of Autolus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: AUTL). He built Autolus into a fully integrated biopharmaceutical, company commercializing its first CART cell therapy product Aucatzyl® approved by the US FDA in November 2024.
Previously, Christian was President and Chief Executive Officer of Micromet Inc., a formerly Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company acquired in March 2012 by Amgen, Inc. for USD 1.2 billion. Micromet developed the first T-cell engaging antibody Blincyto®, now standard of care for the treatment of B-cell acute leukaemia.
From 2016 to 2019 Christian was on the board of Kuros Biosciences (SIX: KURN) serving as chairman from 2016 to 2018. Prior to Kuros he served as executive chairman of Cytos Biotechnology Ltd from 2012 to 2016 until its merger with Kuros Biosurgery, forming Kuros Biosciences. Kuros developed and is commercializing MagnetOS™, a synthetic bone graft replacing bone allo-or xenografts. Christian also served as non-executive director on the board of Kymab, Ltd, a privately held UK company from 2012 until its acquisition by Sanofi in 2021 for a USD 1.1 billion upfront payment plus additional milestones.
He has a diploma in biology and holds a PhD in cell biology summa cum laude from the University of Basel, Switzerland and performed post-doctoral research at the Biocenter of Basel University and at Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA.