– USA, MA – Allarity Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLR), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company today announced the appointments to its Board of Directors of Dr. David Roth (M.D.), Interim CEO Jim Cullem and Co-Founder and SVP of Investor Relations Tom Jensen, effective July 7, 2022.
“We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Roth to Allarity’s Board of Directors, as his distinguished career as a clinician and researcher in oncology therapeutics, particularly with biomarker-directed targeted therapies, will be a tremendous asset to Allarity going forward,” said Board Chairman, Dr. Duncan Moore. “We look forward to his insights as we continue to refine our clinical strategy. In line with our recent leadership change, we are also pleased to formally welcome James G. Cullem and Thomas Jensen to our Board, as we continue to advance the Company’s mission.”
About Dr. David A. Roth
Dr. Roth brings more than 25 years of experience in corporate leadership positions in the biotechnology industry and academic clinical research, with a strong track record of successful oncology and hematology drug development, including in areas of biomarker-directed targeted therapies. Dr. Roth is currently the CMO at Syros Pharmaceuticals. Before serving in his current role at Syros, he was Executive Vice President and CMO of Infinity Pharmaceuticals and, previously, interim Co-head of Clinical Development and Vice President of Early Development at Pfizer in the Oncology Business Unit. Dr. Roth joined Pfizer from Wyeth, where he held the roles of Assistant Vice President of Clinical Research and Development and Global Therapeutic Area Director of Hematology. During his tenure in the industry, he contributed to the successful regulatory approval of several products in the hematologic malignancies including Bosulif, Besponsa, Daurismo, and Copiktra. He also led the early development of Ibrance, a CDK 4/6 inhibitor, which was approved as a treatment for ER+, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer. Dr. Roth is an accomplished academic researcher and physician-scientist and was on the full-time faculty at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the Division of Hematology/Oncology. He completed his fellowship in hematology and oncology at Tufts-New England Medical Center and his Internal Medicine residency at the New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston.
Dr. Roth said “Having first-hand experience successfully developing several drugs in selected patient populations, I understand the clinical potential of Allarity’s novel drug-specific DRP companion diagnostics to identify cancer patients who may respond to a specific drug. It’s a particularly compelling strategy that may address the significant unmet medical need and I am excited to join the Board, to help Allarity realize the promise of personalized medicine.”
He received his B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
About Allary Therapeutics
Allarity Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs for the personalized treatment of cancer guided by its proprietary and highly validated companion diagnostic technology, the DRP platform. The Company has a mature portfolio of three drug candidates: stenoparib, a PARP inhibitor in Phase 2 development for ovarian cancer; dovitinib, a post-Phase 3 pan-tyrosine kinase inhibitor; and IXEMPRA, a microtubule inhibitor approved in the U.S. for the treatment of second-line metastatic breast cancer and in Phase 2 development in Europe for the same indication. In addition, the Company has commercial interests in 2X-111, a liposomal formulation of doxorubicin ready for Phase 2 development in metastatic breast cancer and/or glioblastoma multiforme, which is the subject of discussions for a restructured out-license to Smerud Medical Research International AS; and LiPlaCis, a liposomal formulation of cisplatin and its accompanying DRP, which are being developed via a partnership with Chosa ApS, an affiliate of Smerud Medical Research International, for late-stage metastatic breast cancer. The Company is headquartered in the United States and maintains an R&D facility in Hoersholm, Denmark.
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