NeuBase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBSE) (“NeuBase”
or the “Company”), a biotechnology platform company Drugging the Genome™
to address disease at the base level using a new class of precision
genetic medicines, today announced the promotion of William (Bill) Mann,
Ph.D. to President of the Company, effective immediately. Dr. Mann will
also continue to serve as NeuBase’s Chief Operating Officer.
“Since joining NeuBase as our Chief Operating Officer in July 2020, Dr. Mann has played an integral role in the advancement of the Company’s PATrOL™ platform and pipeline of therapeutic programs to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1, Huntington’s disease, and KRAS-driven cancers,” said Dietrich A. Stephan, Ph.D., Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of NeuBase. “I look forward to continuing our work together as we employ NeuBase’s platform to design and develop novel genetic medicines that target and rescue gene dysfunctions and drive clinically impactful outcomes in rare and common diseases.”
Prior to joining NeuBase, Dr. Mann served as the President, CEO, and board member of Helsinn Therapeutics U.S., where he transformed the development-focused company into a profitable commercial entity with a portfolio that included Aloxi®, Akynzeo®, Halaven®, and Zykadia®. Prior to Helsinn, he was Vice President of Corporate Development at Sapphire Therapeutics, where he led several business development transactions, including the licensing of anamorelin to Ono Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd., and played a key role in the sale of the company to Helsinn Healthcare SA. Also in this role, Dr. Mann managed the international Phase 2B study of anamorelin, which is now approved in Japan as Adlumiz® for the treatment of cancer cachexia. Dr. Mann began his professional career at Novartis, where he led a multidisciplinary drug discovery program and later served as Director of Business Development. He received bachelor and doctorate degrees in biochemistry from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, completed postdoctoral studies at The Rockefeller University, and obtained an MBA from Rutgers University.
About NeuBase TherapeuticsNeuBase is accelerating the genetic revolution by developing a new class of precision genetic medicines that Drug the Genome™. The Company’s therapies are built on a proprietary platform called PATrOL™ that encompasses a novel peptide-nucleic acid antisense oligonucleobase technology combined with a novel delivery shuttle that overcome many of the hurdles to selective mutation engagement, repeat dosing, and systemic delivery of genetic medicines. With an initial focus on silencing disease-causing mutations in debilitating neurological, neuromuscular, and oncologic disorders, NeuBase is committed to redefining medicine for the millions of patients with both common and rare conditions, who currently have limited to no treatment options.
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