Immunic, Inc. Appoints Barclay A. Phillips to its Board of Directors
November 19, 2019 at 11:30 am
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Immunic, Inc. announced the appointment of Barclay "Buck" A. Phillips, an established life sciences executive, investor and entrepreneur, to its Board of Directors, effective November 14, 2019. With this addition, Immunic's Board will total seven members. Until recently, Mr. Phillips was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at G1 Therapeutics, Inc., where, among other achievements, he was instrumental in raising over USD 300 million in multiple equity financings.
Immunic, Inc. is a biotechnology company. The Company is focused on developing a clinical pipeline of orally administered, small molecule therapies for chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The Companyâs s lead development program, vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), is in phase III and phase II clinical trials for the treatment of relapsing and progressive multiple sclerosis, respectively, and has shown therapeutic activity in phase II clinical trials in patients suffering from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, progressive multiple sclerosis, and moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis. IMU-856, which targets the protein Sirtuin 6 (SIRT6), is intended to restore intestinal barrier function and regenerate bowel epithelium, which could potentially be applicable in numerous gastrointestinal diseases, such as celiac disease. IMU-381 is in preclinical testing, a next generation molecule being developed to specifically address the needs of gastrointestinal diseases.
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