Legal & regulatory executive with extensive expertise in FDA law and regulatory leadership for one of the world’s leading medical device companies
MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / September 22, 2025 / iTolerance, Inc. (“iTolerance” or the “Company”), an early-stage privately-held biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative regenerative medicines, today announced the appointment of Sandra Cohen Kalter to its Strategic Advisory Group.
“This appointment represents another step toward bolstering our ability to navigate complex regulatory pathways, potentially accelerate clinical translation and unlock the full potential of our pipeline. Our Strategic Advisory Group was formed to provide strategic guidance from individuals with a diverse background of expertise to support our initiatives, and Sandra is a wonderful addition that provides valuable insight and expertise. Over the course of her career, Sandra has navigated a number of regulatory pathways, inspections and integrations which have provided her with a depth and breadth of expertise that we believe will be instrumental as we move our development plans forward,” commented Anthony Japour, Chief Executive Officer of iTolerance.
Mrs. Kalter added, “I am pleased to serve in this capacity for iTolerance and leverage my knowledge and experience from my career to help advance this important technology forward. iTolerance’s platform technology, which has the potential to eliminate the need for life-long immunosuppression, continues to demonstrate promise, and I look forward to bolstering the Company’s efforts to provide patients with a treatment option where there remains significant unmet need.”
Sandra Cohen Kalter is a seasoned senior legal executive most recently serving as Vice President & Chief Regulatory Counsel at Medtronic plc (“Medtronic”), overseeing global strategies in regulatory compliance, quality, clinical affairs and medical safety for a world-renowned medical-device leader. She has led transformative enterprise-wide initiatives, including a patient safety and quality program that delivered major reductions in FDA findings and field corrective actions.
Additional career highlights include:
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Built and managed an in-house FDA legal team that navigated 17 regulatory inspections in a single year, ensuring product continuity
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Guided due diligence and integration efforts for more than 27 acquisitions, led regulatory responses to FDA violations and high-profile media scrutiny, and helped steer approval strategies for groundbreaking devices like the Evolut TAVR system and Micra leadless pacemaker
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Previously served as FDA/Health Care Counsel at King & Spalding LLP, where she advised on complex regulatory filings and FDA panel proceedings
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Received several awards including: Service to FDLI Award, Food and Drug Law Institute, 2023; Rapaport Lifetime Achievement Award, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2019; Medtronic Wallin Leadership Award, June 2010; Marketing Campaign Team Award, Spinal & Biologics “Just the Facts,” 2010; Medtronic Star of Excellence Award, 2009
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Member of AdvaMed (Advanced Medical Technology Association) Legal Committee and Business Case for Quality Working Group
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Co-Chair of AdvaMed Advertising and Promotion Working Group , Off-Label Working Group, and Business Case for Quality Working Group
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Board of Directors of Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI)
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Board of Directors of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and Corporate Recruitment Chair of JDFR One Walk
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Member of Food and Drug Law Institute Medical Devices Advisory Committee
Mrs. Kalter attended George Washington University, The National Law Center and received a Juris Doctor Degree and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University.
About iTolerance, Inc.
iTolerance is a regenerative medicine company developing technologies to enable tissue, organoid or cell therapy without requiring life-long immunosuppression. Leveraging its proprietary biotechnology-derived Streptavidin-FasL fusion protein/biotin-PEG microgel (SA-FasL microgel) platform technology, iTOL-100, iTolerance is advancing a pipeline of programs using both allogenic cadaveric and stem cell-derived pancreatic islets to potentially cure Type 1 diabetes. Utilizing iTOL-100 to induce local immune tolerance, the Company is developing its lead indication as a potential cure for Type 1 Diabetes without the need for life-long immunosuppression. Additionally, the Company is developing iTOL-201 for treating liver failure by utilizing hepatocytes and iTOL-401 as a nanoparticle formulation for large organ transplants without the need for life-long immunosuppression. For more information, please visit itolerance.com.
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Investor Contact
Jenene Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
JTC Team, LLC
T: 908.824.0775
iTolerance@jtcir.com
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SOURCE: iTolerance, Inc.
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