ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointments of three new independent board members, bringing the total board membership to seven. The existing board of ZyVersa appointed the following new board members: Gregory G. Freitag, J.D., CPA; Katrin Rupalla, PhD; and James Sapirstein. The new board members will join Robert G. Finizio, Executive Director of PleoPharma; Daniel O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, and Director of Ambrx Biopharma; Minchul Park, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Curebio; and ZyVersa's Chief Commercial Officer and President, Stephen C. Glover, who also serves as chairman of the ZyVersa board.

Gregory G. Freitag, J.D., CPAMr. Freitag has more than 30 years of executive management, legal and financial experience in the Life Science, Medical Device, and Healthcare markets. Currently, he serves as a board member of PDS Biotechnology a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing a growing pipeline of targeted cancer and infectious disease immunotherapies, and AxoGen, Inc., a leading regenerative medicine company dedicated to peripheral nerve repair. Prior to retirement, Mr. Freitag served as Axogen's General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Vice President of Business Development.

Mr. Freitag has held executive positions at LecTec Corporation, which merged with AxoGen in September 2011; Pfizer Health Solutions, a former subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc.; Guidant Corporation; HTS Biosystems; and Quantech Ltd. Katrin Rupalla, PhD Dr. Rupalla has more than 25 years of experience in development, primarily in the areas of oncology, immunology, and neurology. Currently she is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Ymmunobio AG, a preclinical stage oncology biotech company developing two novel classes of therapeutic antibodies to treat cancer. Dr. Rupalla is also the Chair of the board of AMBRX, and a board member of the non-profit Cancer Drug Development Forum.

Dr. Rupalla has held several leadership positions in pharmaceutical companies including Lundbeck, BMS, Celgene and Roche. Her regulatory and drug development career includes several world-wide approvals of major oncology and hematology products, and a multitude of new indication approvals in various therapeutic areas.James SapirsteinMr. Sapirstein has served for over thirty-eight years in the pharmaceutical industry. He is currently the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of First Wave BioPharma He also holds board positions at Enochian Biosciences, Blue Water Vaccines, and BIO, the leading biotechnology trade organization promoting public policy and networking in the healthcare space, where he sits on the Emerging Companies Section Governing Board.

Mr. Sapirstein has held executive positions at ContraVir Pharmaceuticals; Alliqua, Inc.; Tobira Therapeutics, which was acquired by Allergan; Serono Laboratories; and Gilead Sciences. He has raised over $300 Million dollars in venture capital and public capital markets financing in his various engagements as Chief Executive Officer.