Date: 2015-10-14
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Scancell Holdings (UK)
Therapeutic area: Cancer - Oncology
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Details: * On October 14, 2015, Scancell Holdings Plc, the developer of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, today announces the appointments of Dr John Chiplin to the Board of Scancell as a Non-Executive Director, and Dr Peter Brown as an advisor to the Company, with immediate effect. Their experience from an operational, clinical development and investment perspective will be invaluable as the Company grows. John Chiplin, aged 56, has significant international experience particularly in the US life science and technology industries. Most recently, John has been instrumental in the NASDAQ Initial Public Offering of Benitec Biopharma (ASX: BLT; NASDAQ BNTC), the clinical stage biotechnology company, where he has been a Non-Executive Director since 2010. He also serves on the boards of Cynata Therapeutics, Adalta, Batu Biologics, Prophecy, ScienceMedia and the Coma Research Institute. Previously John was President and Chief Executive Officer of Polynoma, a Phase III cancer vaccine company, and from 2006 to 2009 he was Chief Executive Officer of Arana Therapeutics. Prior to this, was head of the ITI Life Sciences investment fund in the UK, where he managed significant negotiations regarding funding with Government Ministers. Since 2000, John has managed his own investment company, Newstar Ventures, which, over the past decade, has funded over a dozen early stage companies. He has been influential in various other transactions including Intrexon’s acquisition of Medistem, Cephalon’s acquisition of Arana Therapeutics and GSK’s acquisition of Domantis.
Peter Brown is a highly experienced pre-clinical and clinical development consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, having most recently served as Vice President & Global Head of Oncology at Teva Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Teva, Peter served as Vice President of Clinical Oncology & Experimental Medicine at Cephalon. Here, Peter led the clinical development program for bendamustine and was a key member of the team that completed the NDA submission that led to bendamustine\'s approval as Treanda®. Peter has designed and conducted global clinical trials in oncology ranging from Phase 1 to pivotal Phase 3, including several first-in-human studies with novel agents. He has also authored over 60 peer reviewed publications, and has co-authored a number of patents relating to oncology drug development.
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