Cardiff Oncology Announces Appointment of James E. Levine as Chief Financial Officer
July 12, 2021 at 05:30 pm IST
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Cardiff Oncology, Inc. announced the appointment of James E. Levine as chief financial officer (CFO). In his role as CFO, Mr. Levine will guide Cardiff Oncology's financial strategy and lead its business development efforts, which will focus on maintaining an optimal financial benefit-risk balance across each of the Company's programs. Mr. Levine will also serve as the Company's principal financial and accounting officer.
Cardiff Oncology, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It is leveraging PLK1 inhibition, a well-validated oncology drug target, to develop novel therapies across a range of cancers with the unmet medical need. It is focused on clinical programs in indications, such as RAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), and in investigator-initiated trials in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC), small cell lung cancer (SCLC), and triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). Its lead drug candidate, Onvansertib, is an oral, small molecule drug candidate that is highly specific for PLK1 inhibition with a 24-hour half-life. It has five ongoing and planned clinical trials of onvansertib: one trial (CRDF-004) in first-line treatment in patients with RAS-mutated mCRC, one trial (CRDF-001) in second-line treatment in patients with mPDAC, and three investigator-initiated trials in first line mPDAC, relapsed SCLC and unresectable locally advanced or metastatic TNBC.