About us

Our name Enara Bio™ is derived from an Arabic word meaning illumination, enlightenment and bringing light into the darkness.

We are the leaders in exploring the hidden depths of cancer and T-cell biology to discover and characterize Dark Antigens™, a novel class of shared immunotherapy targets that arise from altered cellular processes in cancer cells. We believe that Dark Antigens have the core attributes that will enable cancer immunotherapies to improve treatment outcomes for broad patient populations.

Enara Bio is backed by prominent life science investors, including RA Capital, Pfizer Ventures, M Ventures, Samsara BioCapital and SV Health Investors. We collaborate with world-leading companies and academic institutions, such as Boehringer Ingelheim and the Francis Crick Institute, to help drive our differentiated science-led approach.

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Leadership Team

Kevin Pojasek
President and Chief Executive Officer
David Watson
Chief Operating Officer
Sophie Papa
Chief Medical Officer and Head of Translational Science
Joseph Dukes
Chief Scientific Officer

Board of Directors

Scientific Advisors & Founders

Investors

Sophie Papa

Chief Medical Officer and Head of Translational Science

Sophie joined Enara Bio in February 2022 from King’s College London (KCL) and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTFT) where she was a Clinical Reader in Immuno-oncology and Consultant Medical Oncologist, with over 17 years’ experience.

As a medical oncologist, Sophie has extensive clinical trial experience as a principal investigator in the GSTFT early phase trials team, with a particular focus on the design and delivery of first-in-human studies of T-cell therapies for solid tumors.

Sophie completed her medical training at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London and went on to complete a PhD in solid tumor CAR T-cell cancer immunotherapy at King’s College London.