Date: 2018-09-04
Type of information: Nomination
Compound: member of the board of directors
Company: Ziopharm Oncology (USA - MA)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology
Type agreement: nomination
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- • On September 4, 2018, Ziopharm Oncology announced that its Board of Directors has nominated Scott Braunstein, M.D., an Operating Partner at Aisling Capital, a leading healthcare investment firm, for election to the Board of Directors at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders on Sept. 18.
- In addition to Aisling Capital, Dr. Braunstein has held leadership positions including serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Pacira Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company. He also spent more than 12 years in finance as a healthcare analyst and portfolio manager at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Artara Therapeutics and a member of the Board of Directors of Esperion Therapeutics.
- Dr. Braunstein has been nominated along with two new independent director nominees and three returning director nominees to stand for election to Ziopharm’s Board of Directors. Last month, the Company announced the nominations of two independent director nominees, Paratek Pharmaceuticals’ Chief Financial Officer Doug Pagán and Scholar Rock’s Chief Operating Officer Elan Ezickson to succeed Sir Murray Brennan, M.D., and former U.S. Sen. William Wyche Fowler, both of whom continue to serve as directors and will retire from the Board when their terms expire on Sept 18. The nomination of Dr. Braunstein is in addition to the five director candidates described in Ziopharm’s proxy statement previously furnished to stockholders and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Aug. 8. Additional details regarding the new proposal for the election of Dr. Braunstein can be found in a supplement to the proxy statement, which was filed with the SEC on Aug. 31 and is also available on the Company’s website.
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