Seres Therapeutics names Richard Kender as interim CEO

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Seres Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Richard N. Kender as Executive Chair and Interim CEO; Provides Business Updates

March 2, 2026 4:05 PM EST

Accomplished pharmaceutical executive brings extensive business development, licensing and finance experience

Seres is implementing a focused corporate strategy to advance live biotherapeutic programs in inflammatory and immune diseases and support the readout of investigator-sponsored SER-155 study in immune checkpointrelated enterocolitis, a frequent and serious side effect in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, expected in Q2 2026

SER-155 is Phase 2 ready for patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allo-HSCT) to treat hematologic malignancies (cancers of the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes); efforts to secure funding for... More