 Morphic Therapeutic MORF, a biopharmaceutical company developing a new generation of oral integrin therapies for the treatment of serious chronic diseases, today announced the appointment of Peter G. Linde, M.D., as chief medical officer. Dr. Linde was previously vice president of medical research at Acceleron Pharma, Inc., where he was responsible for the design and execution of clinical trials with positive outcomes in both pulmonary and hematologic diseases. Dr. Linde will oversee the development of Morphics small molecule integrin inhibitors as the company advances its oral integrin inhibitors toward clinical trials. 