Nello Mainolfi

Nello started his drug discovery career at the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, leading teams to identify multiple novel potential medicines that have entered clinical development across a series of disease areas. Notably he led the team that discovered and developed the first complement factor B inhibitor now in late clinical development across a range of indications. Before founding Kymera, Mainolfi was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Atlas Venture and had previously led discovery research at cancer metabolism startup Raze Therapeutics. Nello has authored >60 papers and patents and has written reviews in the areas of medicinal chemistry, drug discovery and protein degradation. Nello was trained at Imperial College, University of London and The Scripps Research Institute in California.