Moleculin Biotech, Inc. Appoints Elizabeth Cermak to Board of Directors
October 05, 2020 at 12:30 pm
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Moleculin Biotech, Inc. announced the appointment of Elizabeth (Liz) Cermak, an accomplished life sciences board director with deep pharmaceutical business development expertise, to its Board of Directors. Elizabeth Cermak has held numerous board positions in the healthcare space, including currently at both Que Oncology and Clarus Therapeutics, Inc., where she serves as an Independent Board Director. In addition, Liz was formerly an Independent Board Director at SteadyMed Therapeutics and served on the Board of a local non-profit, Ocean Ridge Charities Association Inc. Previously, Liz was the Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President at POZEN, now Aralez Pharmaceuticals. As Chief Commercial Officer at POZEN, Liz developed the commercial strategy and launch Plans for the Company's first self-marketed product, and signed licensing deals with Johnson & Johnson, Desitin, and Sanofi. Prior to joining POZEN, she worked at Johnson & Johnson for 25 years, serving most recently as World-Wide Vice President Personal Products Franchise and Vice President Professional Sales & Marketing, where she was responsible for the global strategy, marketing, and P&L for the Company's $750 million portfolio of OTC and CPG products.
Moleculin Biotech, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. The Company has a pipeline of clinical programs for the treatment of tumors and viruses. It has three core technologies and six drug candidates, three of which have shown human activity in clinical trials. Its core technologies consist of Annamycin, WP1066 Portfolio and WP1122 Portfolio. Annamycin is designed to avoid multidrug resistance mechanisms and cardiotoxicity. Its WP1066, is an Immune/Transcription Modulator capable of inhibiting p-STAT3 and other oncogenic transcription factors while also stimulating a natural immune response, targeting brain tumors, pancreatic and other cancers, and WP1220, an analog to WP1066, for the topical treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Its portfolio includes WP1193, and WP1220. Its WP1122 contains compounds including WP1096, and WP1097, which is designed to exploit the potential uses of inhibitors of glycolysis such as 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG).
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