Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Appointment of Roger J. Pomerantz, MD to its Board of Directors
July 14, 2020 at 08:00 am
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Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. announced that Roger J. Pomerantz, MD, FACP, has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Dr. Pomerantz is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ContraFect Corporation and brings meaningful expertise in multiple areas of drug development and capital formation to Viracta's Board of Directors. Dr. Pomerantz has extensive board experience and currently serves on the board of directors of Intec Pharma, Collplant Biotechnologies, Silicon Therapeutics, and X-Vax Inc., in addition to ContraFect. He also serves as the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Aridis Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Pomerantz was a Venture Partner at Flagship Pioneering from 2014 through 2019. In addition, he served as the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Seres Therapeutics from 2014-2019, where he continues to serve as Senior Advisor to its Board of Directors. Previously, Dr. Pomerantz was Senior Vice President, Worldwide Head of Licensing & Acquisition at Merck & Co., Inc. and prior to that was Senior Vice President and Global Franchise Head of Infectious Diseases at Merck. Prior to joining Merck, Dr. Pomerantz was Global Head of Infectious Diseases for Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals. He also served as CEO of Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on the treatment and prevention of virus-associated cancers, which impact patients worldwide. The Companyâs lead product candidate is an all-oral combination therapy of its proprietary investigational drug, nanatinostat, and the antiviral agent valganciclovir (collectively, Nana-val). Nana-val is being evaluated in multiple ongoing clinical trials, including a pivotal, global, multicenter, open-label Phase II basket trial for the treatment of multiple subtypes of relapsed or refractory (R/R) Epstein-Barr virus-positive (EBV+) lymphoma (NAVAL-1), as well as a multinational, open-label Phase Ib/II clinical trial for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic (R/M) EBV + nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and other advanced EBV + solid tumors. The Company is also pursuing the application of its Kick and Kill approach in other virus-related cancers.
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