ISA Pharmaceuticals appoints Bart Bergstein as chairman of the supervisory board

Current chairman remains member of the supervisory board

06-Jun-2016 - Netherlands

ISA Pharmaceuticals B.V., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focusing on rationally designed immunotherapeutics against cancer and persistent viral infections, today announced the appointment of Bart Bergstein as Chairman of its Supervisory Board. ISA´s current Chairman Pieter van der Meijden will remain a member of the Supervisory Board.

Bart Bergstein has a strong track record in working with life sciences companies. He is a co-founder of Forbion Capital Partners, a leading European venture capital firm. At Forbion, he invested in numerous healthcare companies and served as a non-executive director on the board of many portfolio companies. He also has operational experience, serving as CFO of Cellnovo Group SA, where he successfully executed an IPO on Euronext Paris. He started his career at ABN AMRO bank, where he initiated the life sciences team within ABN AMRO private equity, and in his last position headed the Private Equity Life Sciences Team as Managing Director Life Sciences. With his team at ABN AMRO, he built a portfolio of life sciences investments valued at EUR 100m, realizing multiple highly profitable exits. In addition to his role at ISA Pharmaceuticals, Bart holds various non-executive board positions in leading-edge life sciences companies.

"We are really pleased that Bart Bergstein is joining ISA Pharmaceuticals´ Supervisory Board, as he has a wealth of expertise in life sciences investments and in advancing innovative companies," said Pieter van der Meijden, current Chairman of ISA´s Supervisory Board. "I am convinced he will be an excellent successor as Chairman of the Board and provide valuable guidance during this exciting phase of the company’s development."

"ISA Pharmaceuticals has the potential to be a leader in the emerging field of cancer vaccination therapy. Its technology holds great promise for improving patient outcomes by offering a benign, yet potent therapeutic approach,” said Bart Bergstein. ”Furthermore, ISA has the capability to advance its technology towards personalized vaccine therapy, developing patient-specific therapeutic vaccines that have already proven their merit in preclinical testing.

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