Quince Therapeutics renamed IRulya; Roberts named CEO, Militello CFO, Fandrick COO effective Oct 8, 2026
Quince Therapeutics, Inc.
Brigette Roberts, M.D. became CEO effective Oct 8, 2026 with $600,000 base salary and 50% target bonus; John Militello, CPA became CFO and Keith Fandrick, Ph.D. became COO.
Dirk Thye resigned as CEO, CMO and director and Brendan Hannah resigned as COO, CBO and CCO; June Bray, David Lamond, Christopher Senner and Thye also left the Board with no disagreements.
Name change to IRulya Therapeutics Inc. is effective 4:01 p.m. ET Oct 9, 2026; common stock moves to Nasdaq Capital Market under IRLA effective Oct 12, 2026, with CUSIP unchanged.
Cash balance was $116 million as of June 30, 2026 and is expected to fund operations through end of 2028, supporting Phase 2 data readouts for LAM-001 in BOS, PH-ILD and SAPH.
Board added Catherine Bonuccelli, Leone Patterson, James Valentine and Drayton Wise effective Oct 8, 2026; Patterson chairs Audit/Compensation, Valentine chairs Governance.
effective as of October 8, 2026, Dirk Thye, M.D., resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, as well as a director, of Quince Therapeutics, Inc.
Departed
Brendan Hannah
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Business Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Effective October 8, 2026 (the “ Effective Date ”), the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of the Company appointed Brigette Roberts, M.D., as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
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Dirk Thye resigned as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer and Director at Quince Therapeutics, Inc..
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resigned
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Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer and Director
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effective as of October 8, 2026, Dirk Thye, M.D., resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, as well as a director, of Quince Therapeutics, Inc.
Brigette Roberts was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Quince Therapeutics, Inc..
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appointed
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Chief Executive Officer
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Effective October 8, 2026 (the “ Effective Date ”), the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of the Company appointed Brigette Roberts, M.D., as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
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