Celcuity Inc. announced the appointment of Polly Murphy, D.V.M., Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Murphy joins Celcuity with over 20 years of business development and commercial strategy experience at leading global pharmaceutical companies, including 12 years in leadership positions with increasing responsibility at Pfizer. While at Pfizer she led business development for Worldwide R&D and the global Specialty Care Business Unit, and later Global Marketing and Commercial Development for the Pfizer Oncology Business Unit.

Dr. Murphy was also Vice President and Head, Strategy and Business Development for Pfizer China where she was in charge of business and commercial development, as well as strategy and innovation for the company's biopharmaceutical business in China. Prior to Pfizer, Dr. Murphy held senior leadership positions at several pharmaceutical and academic research entities, including The Scripps Research Institute, Salk Institute, and Aurora Biosciences. Dr. Murphy is currently the Chief Business Officer of UroGen Pharma, where she has served since 2020, and a member of Atea Pharmaceuticals' Board of Directors.

She received a D.V.M. in 1989 and Ph.D. in Veterinary Pathology in 1994 from Iowa State University and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University in 1998.