Date: 2015-01-09
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Aveo Oncology (USA - MA)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology
Type agreement: nomination
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Details: * On January 9, 2015, Aveo Oncology announced the appointment of Michael N. Needle, M.D., to the position of Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Dr. Needle, a board certified hematologist/oncologist, will take a leadership role in evaluating clinical development strategies for advancement of the Company’s partnered and proprietary pipeline programs. He will report to Michael Bailey, Aveo’s president and chief executive officer. Dr. Needle has more than 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in drug development and regulatory affairs. This includes central roles in the development of oncology and hematology drugs, including Erbitux® (cetuximab), Revlimid® (lenalidomide) and Pomalyst® (pomolidimide). He most recently served as the Chief Medical Officer of Array BioPharma. Prior to Array, Dr. Needle was Chief Medical Officer of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and Consortium (MMRF). Prior to MMRF, he held multiple Vice President level positions at Celgene in Clinical Research and Development in Oncology, Strategic Medical Business Development, and Pediatric Strategy. Dr. Needle also served as the Vice President of Clinical Affairs at ImClone Systems Incorporated. Dr. Needle did his fellowship in Pediatric Hematology / Oncology at the Children\'s Hospital Medical Center and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center of the University of Washington in Seattle and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Needle has held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. Dr. Needle graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, in Brooklyn, New York.
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