Keyron, developer of the ForePass® fully reversible metabolic bypass platform for severe metabolic disease, today announced that David Feigal, MD, was appointed Board Chair effective September 21, 2026.
Dr Feigal will continue to lead Keyron’s regulatory strategy alongside his new role as Board Chair.
He is the former Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), which regulates medical devices in the United States. He led CDRH for five years during a 12-year FDA career spanning senior leadership across devices, biologics and drugs.
After the FDA, Dr Feigal held senior global regulatory leadership roles at Amgen and Elan Pharmaceuticals and became a Founding Partner of NDA Partners, advising medical-device and biopharmaceutical companies on clinical development and regulatory strategy. He earned his MD from Stanford University and MPH from the University of California, Berkeley.
“David’s appointment is extraordinary for Keyron as we advance ForePass into clinical development and the U.S. FDA pathway,” said Dr Giorgio Castagneto Gissey, Founder and CEO.
“ForePass has the potential to define a new treatment category between GLP-1 therapy and bariatric surgery,” said Dr Feigal. “Published head-to-head preclinical data showed superior weight and insulin-sensitivity outcomes versus semaglutide. I am pleased to lead Keyron’s Board and regulatory strategy as we take ForePass into the clinic.”
About Keyron
Keyron has developed the ForePass® metabolic bypass platform for the large and growing population with severe metabolic disease who need more than GLP-1 therapy but wish to avoid bariatric surgery. Delivered endoscopically without surgery or incisions, ForePass is designed to reproduce key mechanisms and metabolic effects of bariatric surgery while remaining fully reversible.
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