– USA, NC – Chimerix (NASDAQ: CMRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on accelerating the development of medicines to treat cancer and other serious diseases, today announced the appointment of Pratik S. Multani, M.D., to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
‘We are thrilled to welcome Pratik to our Board of Directors. His significant experience advancing oncology products from the clinic through regulatory approval will be a valuable resource as we advance DSTAT in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia patients,” said Mike Sherman, President and CEO.Dr. Multani currently serves as Chief Medical Officer of ORIC Pharmaceuticals. He replaces Jim Daly, who recently stepped down from the Board of Directors.
“We also thank Jim for his considerable contribution to Chimerix over the last six years, particularly in supporting our recent re-positioning of the company, and wish him well in all of his future endeavors,” he added.
About Dr Patrik Multani
Dr Prior to joining ORIC, Dr. Multani served as Chief Medical Officer of Ignyta, which was acquired by Roche in 2017. Prior to Ignyta, Dr. Multani was Chief Medical Officer of Fate Therapeutics, and prior to that held multiple leadership positions at Kalypsys, Kanisa, and Salmedix. Dr. Multani started his biotech career at Biogen Idec, where he was involved with the development of both Zevalin and Rituxan for the treatment of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Multani held academic and clinical positions at Harvard Medical School and at Massachusetts General Hospital. His postdoctoral training included a fellowship in hematology and oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
“I am delighted to be joining the Chimerix Board of Directors at this exciting stage of the company’s development. I look forward to working with my fellow directors to guide Chimerix as we strive to bring life-saving therapies to patients battling cancer and other serious diseases,” said Dr. Multani.
Dr. Multani received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and an M.S. in clinical epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health.
About Chimerix
Chimerix is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to accelerating the advancement of innovative medicines that make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients living with cancer and other serious diseases. The two clinical-stage development programs are dociparstat sodium and brincidofovir.
Dociparstat sodium is a potential first-in-class glycosaminoglycan compound derived from porcine heparin that has low anticoagulant activity but retains the ability to inhibit activities of several key proteins implicated in the retention and viability of acute myeloid leukemia blasts and leukemic stem cells in the bone marrow during chemotherapy. Mobilization of AML blasts and leukemic stem cells from the bone marrow has been associated with enhanced chemosensitivity and may be a primary mechanism accounting for the observed increases in event-free survival and overall survival in Phase 2 with DSTAT versus placebo. Randomized Phase 2 data suggest that DSTAT may also accelerate platelet recovery post-chemotherapy via inhibition of platelet factor 4, a negative regulator of platelet production that impairs platelet recovery following chemotherapy. BCV is an antiviral drug candidate in development as a medical countermeasure for smallpox.
For more information: https://www.chimerix.com
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