Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc. appointed two new members, Timothy C. Tyson and Andrew Oh, to its board of directors. Timothy C. Tyson is a former member of the TYME Board of Directors and an experienced pharmaceutical executive. He is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TriRx Pharmaceutical Services, LLC and Chairman of Thayer Leadership.

Mr. Tyson previously held executive level positions at various pharmaceutical companies, including serving as Chairman of Icagen Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avara Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aptuit LLC and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and President of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. Prior to that, Mr. Tyson was President at GlaxoSmithKline where he worked for 15 years. He holds an M.B.A. and an M.P.A, both from Jacksonville State University, and an undergraduate degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Andrew Oh is a Senior Partner at Flagship Pioneering. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Rubius Therapeutics. Before that, Mr. Oh was a pharmaceutical analyst and portfolio manager at leading financial institutions, including Leerink Pharmaceutical Investments, where he was the Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer, and Fidelity Investments.

Earlier, Mr. Oh worked as a sell-side analyst, covering global pharmaceutical companies at Leerink, J.P. Morgan and Stifel Financial. He holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.A. in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis.

In addition, Syros announced that Amir Nashat and Phillip A. Sharp have retired from the Company's Board of Directors, effective as of the closing of the merger.