Sun BioPharma, Inc. Appoints Jennifer K. Simpson, Ph.D., as President
July 16, 2020 at 05:30 pm IST
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Sun BioPharma, Inc. announced the appointment of Jennifer K. Simpson, Ph.D., as President. Dr. Simpson was also appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Simpson brings more than two decades of public company executive and fundraising experience in oncology drug development and commercialization to Sun BioPharma, most recently having served as CEO of Delcath Systems, Inc. Sun BioPharma co-founder Michael T. Cullen, M.D, MBA, will continue to serve as Executive Chairman of Sun BioPharma’s Board of Directors. Dr. Simpson has more than 25 years of experience across a variety of executive, business operations, marketing and clinical development roles in the biopharmaceutical industry. Prior to her appointment as CEO of Delcath Systems, Dr. Simpson served as its Executive Vice President, and Global Head of Business Operations. Previous to joining Delcath, Dr. Simpson held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility at ImClone Systems, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson Ortho-Biotech.
Panbela Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is involved in enrolling patients in its randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The Company's lead assets are ivospemin (SBP-101), FlynpoviTM (eflornithine (CPP-1X) and sulindac), and eflornithine (CPP-1X). Ivospemin is a polyamine analog designed to induce polyamine metabolic inhibition (PMI). Flynpovi is a combination of CPP-1X (eflornithine) and sulindac. It has a dual mechanism of action whereby it suppresses the synthesis of new polyamines and increases the export and catabolism of polyamines from the diet and microbiome. Eflornithine is being developed as a single-agent tablet or high-dose powder sachet for several indications, including prevention of gastric cancer, treatment of neuroblastoma and recent onset Type 1 diabetes metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and STK-11 mutant NSCLC.
PANBELA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 
