– USA, NC – Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing products that address cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases with a high unmet medical need, today announced the addition of Steven Boyd and Dr Keith Maher, M.D to its Board of Directors.
Both Directors are from Armistice Capital, LLC, which recently purchased the Company’s equity securities for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $8.0 million in a registered direct offering and concurrent private placement.
Anthony DiTonno, CEO of Tenax Therapeutics said, “We are pleased to welcome Steven and Keith to our Board. Steve has an outstanding reputation as a healthcare investor and brings a wealth of experience advising and investing in specialty pharmaceutical companies like Tenax. We believe his experience and insights will serve the Company well as we continue to build upon our recently reported positive Phase 2 results for levosimendan for the treatment of patients with pulmonary hypertension and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. We also believe Keith’s background will be invaluable to Tenax as the Company engages with the FDA and finalizes its Phase 3 program for levosimendan in PH-HFpEF patients. We look forward to working with Steve and Keith as our newest Board members as we seek to grow our product portfolio and expand the Company’s development and commercial capabilities.”
About Steven Boyd
Mr. Boyd has served since 2012 as the chief investment officer of Armistice Capital, LLC, a long-short equity hedge fund focused on the health care and consumer sectors. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Boyd was a research analyst at Senator Investment Group, York Capital and SAB Capital Management, where he focused on health care. Mr. Boyd began his career as an analyst at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Boyd currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc., Aytu BioScience, Inc., Cerecor Inc., EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Vaxart, Inc.
Mr. Boyd commented, “I am honored to join the Board of Directors of Tenax. Levosimendan represents a pipeline within a product and we look forward to working with Ron and Tony to expeditiously realize its tremendous value for patients and shareholders.”
Mr. Boyd received a B.S. in economics and a B.A. in political science from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
About Dr Keith Maher
Dr. Maher has served as a managing director at Armistice since 2019. From 2007 to 2018, Dr. Maher held senior roles at Schroder Investment Management, Omega Advisors and Gracie Capital. Dr. Maher joined Gracie from Valesco Healthcare Partners, a global healthcare fund he founded in partnership with Paramount Bio Capital. Prior to starting Valesco, Dr. Maher was a managing director at Weiss, Peck & Greer Investments. He joined WPG from Lehman Brothers, where he worked as an equity research analyst covering medical device and technology companies. Dr. Maher currently serves on the boards of directors of Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc., EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Vaxart, Inc.
Dr. Maher received a B.A. in biology from Boston University, an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and an M.D. from Albany Medical College. Dr. Maher completed his clinical training at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in the Department of Medicine.
About Tenax Therapeutics
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc., is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing, and commercializing products that address cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases with high unmet medical need. The Company has a world-class scientific advisory team including recognized global experts in pulmonary hypertension. The Company owns North American rights to develop and commercialize levosimendan and has reported positive results from its Phase 2 clinical trial for the use of levosimendan in the treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension associated with Heart Failure and preserved Ejection Fraction.
For more information: https://www.tenaxthera.com
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