PaxMedica, Inc. announced the appointment of Charles (Chuck) J. Casamento to the company's Board of Directors. Mr. Casamento's appointment was effective as of October 1, 2022. Mr. Casamento is an accomplished healthcare industry veteran with over 40 years of extensive experience in marketing, business development and executive management in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical products companies.

Mr. Casamento has served as the Executive Director and a Principal of the Sage Group, since 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Casamento founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., from May 1993 through July 2004. He also co-founded Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in March 1989 and most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Osteologix, Inc., from October 2004 through April 2007.

Earlier in his career, he held senior positions at Genzyme Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Pharmaceuticals from January 1986 through March 1989; American Hospital Supply Corporation, where he served as Vice President of Business Development for the Critical Care Division from January 1983 through July 1985; Johnson & Johnson, where he served as Director of New Medical Products and Acquisitions from September 1979 through January 1983; F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Roche), where he served as Product Development Director from May 1977 through August 1979; and Sandoz International GmbH (Sandoz), where he served in various marketing, finance and business development positions from February 1970 through May 1977. Mr. Casamento currently serves on the boards of directors of Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc., First Wave Biopharma, Inc., and Relmada Therapeutics, Inc., where he is the chairman of the board of directors. At various times during his career he has served on the Boards of Directors of fourteen public companies.

He was a director and the vice chairman of the Catholic Medical Mission Board. Mr. Casamento received an M.B.A. from Iona College and a B.S. from Fordham University's College of Pharmacy. From 1969 through 1993, Mr. Casamento was licensed to practice pharmacy in New York and New Jersey.