Biotechnology company CytoDyn (OTCQB: CYDY) this morning
announced the appointment of David F. Welch, Ph.D., Founder, Chief Innovation
Officer and Director of Infinera Corporation, to the CytoDyn Board of
Directors. Dr. Welch has a notable background including strategic planning
expertise and broad capital markets experience. As an investor in the company,
he appreciates the potential of CYDY’s leronlimab in targeting multiple disease
processes. “We are pleased to add Dr. Welch to our Board of Directors. He is a
pioneer in the field of optical devices and optical transport with a strong
scientific background,” CytoDyn president and CEO Dr. Nader Pourhassan stated
in the news release. “Dr. Welch has an inventor’s heart with over 130 patents
and 250 published articles to his name. We anticipate he will be a strong
contributor to our strategic planning.”
To view the full press release, visit http://ibn.fm/chwhH
About CytoDyn
CytoDyn is a biotechnology company developing innovative
treatments for multiple therapeutic indications based on leronlimab (PRO 140),
a novel humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the CCR5 receptor. CCR5 plays a
key role in the ability of HIV to enter and infect healthy T-cells. The CCR5
receptor is also implicated in tumor metastasis and in immune-mediated
illnesses such as graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) and NASH. CytoDyn has
successfully completed a Phase 3 pivotal trial with leronlimab in combination
with standard anti-retroviral therapies in HIV-infected treatment-experienced
patients. The company plans to seek FDA approval for leronlimab in combination
therapy and plans to complete the filing of a Biological License Application
(BLA) in the first half of 2019 for that indication. CytoDyn is also conducting
a Phase 3 investigative trial with leronlimab as a once-weekly monotherapy for
HIV-infected patients, and plans to initiate a registration-directed study of
leronlimab monotherapy indication, which if successful, could support a label extension.
Clinical results to date from multiple trials have shown that leronlimab can
significantly reduce viral burden in people infected with HIV with no reported
drug-related serious adverse events (SAEs). Moreover, results from a Phase 2b
clinical trial demonstrated that leronlimab monotherapy can prevent viral
escape in HIV-infected patients, with some patients on leronlimab monotherapy
remaining virally suppressed for more than four years. CytoDyn is also
conducting a Phase 2 trial to evaluate leronlimab for the prevention of GvHD
and initiated a clinical trial with leronlimab in metastatic triple-negative
breast cancer in 2018. For more information, visit the company’s website
at www.CytoDyn.com.
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