Industry cancer clinician Dr. Jarl Ulf Jungnelius announced to serve as NOXXON CMO
NOXXON Pharma announced that Jarl Ulf Jungnelius, M.D., Ph.D. will take over the role of Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Jungnelius, who is already familiar with the company’s programs in a consulting capacity, will now increase his involvement with NOXXON, allowing for a period of overlap with Dr. Matthias Baumann whose current contract as Chief Medical Officer expires in June 2017.
Dr. Jungnelius’ career includes leadership positions at Celgene, Pfizer, Takeda and Eli Lilly & Company and significant roles in the approval of several successful oncology drugs. Of particular relevance to NOXXON is his prior experience in immune-oncology and his involvement with two agents that have been approved for pancreatic cancer.
“I am pleased to take on the role of CMO to work with the NOXXON team and excited by the opportunity to work with agents targeting the tumor microenvironment which I believe is an approach with significant potential for patients,” commented Dr. Jarl Ulf Jungnelius.
“Jarl Ulf is a great fit for NOXXON as we continue our transition to a clinical oncology company. His extensive experience in oncology clinical development in the US and Europe will be invaluable as we develop NOX-A12 to target the tumor microenvironment,” commented Dr. Aram Mangasarian, CEO of NOXXON.
“On behalf of the board I want to thank Matthias for all excellent work he has done for NOXXON Pharma across multiple programs in the last years and for the professional and pragmatic way he is managing this transition,” commented Dr. Hubert Birner, Chairman of NOXXON.
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