LEXINGTON, Mass., CILcare Inc announced that it has appointed Dr. Cyrille Sage as R&D Project Manager.

Dr. Sage has nearly 20 years of experience in inner hair cells research, conducting research projects both in France and in the US. During the past 5 years, he worked as Research Associate in gene therapy in Harvard Medical School, where he lead a research project aiming at studying the genomic regulation of hair cells. He brings to CILcare extensive experience and know-how in inner ear biology including microsurgery (round window injection, intracochlear administration) cochleogram, and in vivo gene delivery.

“I’m glad to join CILcare and to contribute to the new service offer in toxicology. I look forward to working with the rest of the team to share knowledge and set up new preclinical models and techniques, as CILcare now enters on a new phase of growth, which is highly exciting!” commented Cyrille Sage.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Cyrille at CILcare Inc. The company will be greatly enhanced by his leadership in preclinical R&D program, his huge network of experts, and its extensive knowledge on inner ear” said Célia Belline, CEO.