Date: 2015-12-11
Type of information: Nomination
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Company: Biophytis (France)
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Type agreement: nomination
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Disease: sarcopenic obesity, age related macular degeneration
Details: * On December 11, 2015, Biophytis, a geriatric medicine company advancing clinical stage drug-candidates to treat sarcopenic obesity and age related macular degeneration (AMD), announced the appointment of Roger A. Fielding, Ph.D., as a scientific consultant to support the Company’s SARCOB clinical development program. Dr. Fielding will contribute to the Company’s clinical
development and regulatory strategies by creating clinical development plans and protocols for Biophytis’ product candidates and clinical trials, as well as drafting regulatory materials. He will also serve as a scientific advisor to Biophytis for meetings with national and international medical and pharmaceutical regulators, agencies, and authorities.
Dr. Fielding is currently a Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. He is also Senior Scientist and Director of the Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, a Lecturer on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Fielding’s primary research focus is on the impact of exercise and physical activity on successful human aging, skeletal muscle alterations with advancing age in disabled and non-disabled populations, and age-related alterations in the control of skeletal muscle protein turnover. He is a Member of the Brookdale Institute on Aging; a Charter Member of Aging Systems and Geriatrics Study Section of the PHS National Institutes of Health; and a Member of the American Federation for Aging Research at the National Scientific Advisory Council. Dr.
Fielding received his Doctorate in Nutrition from the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
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