About Us · Company

We believe most patients already have the immunity they need.

For thirty years, the immunotherapy field has tried to engineer new immunity, release suppressed immunity, or bypass it altogether.

The training is already done.

The patient just needs a target labeled in a language the immune system already speaks.

We're here to deliver that label.

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Our Leadership Team.

IMYUN is built by leaders in life science with a proven track record in regulatory, development and commercialization.

Co-Founder & CEO

Leon-Ariel Boston

Seasoned biotech executive with deep experience in company building, fundraising, strategic growth, and value creation. Expertise in positioning companies for successful transactions at early and non-mature stages.

Co-Founder & CSO

Lior Carmon, PhD

Inventor of the ITC™ platform. 25+ years in cancer immunology and immune-based therapeutic innovation. PhD from the Weizmann Institute. Prior signal peptide tag system invention, clinically tested, and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Co-Founder & CMO

Wafik El-Deiry, MD, PhD

Director, Legorreta Cancer Center at Brown University. Associate Dean for Oncologic Sciences. American Cancer Society Research Professor. Discoverer of the p21 tumor suppressor. Global authority in translational oncology.

Head of R&D

Riva Kovjazin, MD

Decades of translational immunology across cancer and anti-infective indications. Deep expertise in signal peptide-biology and the ITC™ platform. Co-mentor to the junior scientist executing the POC program - day-to-day lab leadership.

Advisors.

Advisor

Gilla Kaplan, PhD

Gates Foundation · Celgene

Expert in host immune responses to mycobacterial pathogens. Former Director of the TB Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Board Member of Celgene for over 20 years. Research at Rockefeller University led to the discovery of thalidomide analogues in myeloma.

Advisor

Eli Gilboa, PhD

University of Miami

Pioneer in gene therapy, HIV/AIDS, and cancer immunotherapy including mRNA vaccination. Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Advocate for TAP-independent pathways as improved anti-tumor modalities.

We're on a mission to turn pre-existing immunity into a programmable therapy. Leon-Ariel Boston, CEO

Our Culture.

We're building more than a platform. We're building a future where solid tumors stop hiding from the immune system.

We follow biology, clinical evidence, and data.

We're looking for top-tier scientists and clinicians ready to build a new generation of immunotherapy. If that sounds like you, we'd love to meet you.

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