Date: 2018-09-04
Type of information: Nomination
Compound: chief medical officer
Company: Radius Health (USA - MA)
Therapeutic area: Bone diseases - Cancer - Oncology
Type agreement: nomination
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- • On September 4, 2018, Radius Health announced the appointment of Dr. Charles Morris as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Morris will oversee and lead all clinical development, regulatory and medical affairs strategies and activities of the company.
- Dr. Charles Morris is a medical oncologist with over 20 years of drug development experience, who has contributed to the development and approval of many novel oncology therapeutics. At Zeneca (later AstraZeneca), he acted as the lead physician for the worldwide development of Faslodex® (fulvestrant) in advanced hormonal breast cancer and has co-authored multiple publications regarding fulvestrant and breast cancer. While there, Dr. Morris also supported early clinical development activities for Iressa® (gefitinib) and held many leadership positions in the development of various novel targeted pipeline therapeutics for breast, colorectal, prostate and non-small cell lung cancers. Subsequently, at Cephalon, he provided clinical leadership for two successful NDA filings for Treanda® (bendamustine) in oncology indications. During his tenure as Chief Medical Officer at Allos Therapeutics, he focused on the development of Folotyn® (pralatrexate) in hematologic and solid tumors. While Chief Development Officer at ImmunoGen, Dr. Morris progressed their antibody-drug conjugate oncology pipeline and advanced the company’s lead compound mirvetuximab soravtansine to clinical proof of concept in ovarian cancer in a biomarker defined population, which led to a successful transition to Phase 3 development.
- Dr. Morris joins Radius from PsiOxus Therapeutics, a cancer gene therapy company, where he served as their Chief Development Officer. He is a graduate of Sheffield University Medical School and is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
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