PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appointment of Executives
October 25, 2019 at 01:31 am IST
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PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the expansion of its executive management team with the appointment of Kristopher L. Hanson as Vice President, Head of Legal and Glen Burkhardt as Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Hanson will oversee and manage the company’s legal affairs, including support of clinical development efforts, strategic and licensing transactions, corporate governance, compliance and other key areas. Prior to joining PhaseBio, Mr. Hanson served as Vice President, Legal & Compliance and Head of Human Resources for Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals where, as a member of the company’s executive management team, he had responsibility for the company's legal, compliance and human resources functions. Prior to Nalpropion, he served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Orexigen Therapeutics and before that worked in senior legal roles at Lytx, Cricket Communications and SAIC. With more than 25 years of human resources experience in the life sciences industry, Mr. Burkhardt will oversee the human resources department of PhaseBio. Prior to joining PhaseBio, he was a founding principal for Landscope Life Science Consulting, LLC. He has also served as Vice President of Human Resources for Hologic, Inc., prior to which he was Senior Director of Human Resources at Onyx Pharmaceuticals from 2011 until its sale to Amgen in 2014. Earlier in his career, Mr. Burkhardt held several human resources roles at Eli Lilly and Company, including leadership of its global talent management function.
PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for cardiovascular diseases. Its lead product candidate, bentracimab (also known as PB2452), is a novel reversal agent for the antiplatelet drug ticagrelor. Ticagrelor is an antiplatelet therapy widely prescribed to reduce the rates of death, heart attack and stroke in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), or who have previously experienced a heart attack. Ticagrelor binds to platelets to prevent them from forming blood clots that could restrict blood flow. The Company is also developing its preclinical product candidate, PB6440, an oral selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor for treatment-resistant hypertension. The Company is leveraging ELP biopolymer technology to evaluate additional preclinical and discovery-stage candidates. Its focus is on proteins and peptides that are scientifically or clinically validated.