– USA, CA – VistaGen Therapeutics (NASDAQ:VTGN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing new generation medicines for central nervous system diseases and disorders with high unmet need, today announced the appointment of pharmaceutical industry veteran, Ann Cunningham, to the Company’s Board of Directors and its Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
“We are delighted to welcome Ann to our Board of Directors,” stated Shawn Singh, Chief Executive Officer of VistaGen. “With decades of commercial and leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry, experience that is especially relevant in the depression and other CNS markets we are pursuing, Ann’s expertise expands our Board’s strengths. We look forward to her valuable insights and strategic guidance as we continue to advance our pipeline programs.”
About Ann Cunningham
Ms. Cunningham currently serves as Managing Partner of i3 Strategy Partners where she guides pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives in planning and executing successful portfolio strategies and brand launches by evaluating key business questions and evaluating unique strategies to unlock the full potential of each organization served. Her experience in the pharmaceutical industry includes time served in multiple instrumental roles, including: Vice President, Neurodegenerative Disease and Psychiatry at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries; Senior Director, Global Brand Lead, Rexulti, at Otsuka America Pharmaceutical; and Senior Director, Global Brand Lead and Sales Director in multiple therapeutic areas at Eli Lilly and Company, including Psychiatry. Ms. Cunningham holds a B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and an M.B.A. from University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
“With three late-stage, fast-acting new generation CNS drug candidates, each focused on a large market where millions of individuals need new safe and effective alternatives to current therapies, VistaGen is poised to make game-changing advances in the near future,” said Ms. Cunningham. “I am eager to begin working with VistaGen’s leadership team at this exciting and potentially transformative time in the Company’s development.”
About VistaGen
VistaGen Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing new generation medicines for multiple CNS diseases and disorders with high unmet need. Each of VistaGen’s CNS pipeline candidates, AV-101, PH10 and PH94B, has fast-acting activity and potential to be safer and better tolerated than current drugs in its target markets. The Company is currently focused on five CNS markets: major depressive disorder (MDD); neuropathic pain (NP); Parkinson’s disease levodopa-induced dyskinesia (PDLID); social anxiety disorder (SAD); and suicidal ideation. Each drug candidate in VistaGen’s CNS pipeline is either currently in, or has completed, Phase 2 POC clinical development. AV-101, an oral NMDA receptor glycine B antagonist, is in Phase 2 clinical development as an adjunctive treatment of MDD and is being prepared for initial Phase 2 clinical studies in NP and PDLID. The FDA has granted Fast Track designation for development of AV-101 as both a potential adjunctive treatment of MDD and as a non-opioid treatment for neuropathic pain. PH10 intranasal, a first-in-class neuroactive steroid with rapid onset effects, has completed a successful Phase 2 POC clinical study for MDD. PH94B intranasal, also a first-in-class neuroactive steroid with rapid onset effects, has completed Phase 2 clinical development and is now being prepared for pivotal Phase 3 clinical development as an on-demand, as needed (PRN) treatment of SAD.
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