Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Board Changes
August 31, 2020 at 01:00 pm
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Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. announced the election of James J. Marino, JD, MBA as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Marino brings more than three decades of experience advising numerous leading life science companies in connection with corporate transactions and strategic alliances. Mr. Marino has served as a Director of Onconova since July 2015, a Director of Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. since March 2017, and previously as a Director of Pharmacopeia, Inc. Mr. Marino served on the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University and its renowned Medical Center, and previously served on the Board of Trustees of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He is a co-founder of BioNJ. Mr. Marino was a partner with the global law firm of Dechert LLP for 28 years, where he served as Managing Partner of the Princeton, N.J. office, and focused on the representation of leading life sciences companies in a broad range of corporate transactions including innovative strategic alliances, joint-ventures and spin-offs. The company also announced the resignations of Michael Hoffman and E. Premkumar (Prem) Reddy, Ph.D., from its Board of Directors.
Traws Pharma, Inc., formerly Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., is a virology and oncology company. The Company is engaged in developing antivirals for influenza, COVID and other respiratory infections and narazaciclib. Its proprietary portfolio includes, TRX100 (viroksavir), TRX01 (travaltrevir), and Narazaciclib. Viroksavir is a cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor for influenza. Travaltrevir is a Mpro protease inhibitor for COVID19. Narazaciclib is a cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor for low-grade endometrioid endometrial cancer (LGEEC). Narazaciclibâs mechanism of action in LGEEC is validated by phase II studies with other approved CDK4/6 inhibitors: palbociclib, ribociclib, and abemaciclib. Narazaciclib is in phase I/IIa study to define the Phase II dose (RP2D).
TRAWS PHARMA, INC. 
