Seneca Biopharma, Inc. announced the appointment of Matthew W. Kalnik, Ph.D. as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Dane R. Saglio as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Seneca also promoted Thomas Hazel, Ph.D. to the newly created position of SVP of Research and Development. Dr. Kalnik brings over 25 years of industry experience in senior research and development and business development roles to Seneca.

He joins Seneca from Antidote Therapeutics, which he founded to develop novel nicotine-blocking therapies for treating diseases caused or worsened by nicotine, and established a multi-year strategic collaboration with the National Cancer Institute. Previously, Dr. Kalnik was Senior Vice President and Officer, Strategic Planning & Business Operations at Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, playing a key role in bringing NicVAX from Phase 2 to Phase 3. Mr. Saglio brings over three decades of operational and financial experience in private and publicly traded companies to Seneca. Previously, Mr. Saglio served as CFO at RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, New Generation Biofuels, and EntreMed, all public companies in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry.

Prior to joining Seneca as a consultant in August 2019, he served as CFO at Celios Corporation from October 2017 until July 2019 and Helomics Corporation from October 2014 through July 2017.