Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Mark Gelder as Chief Medical Officer, Effective June 14, 2021
June 01, 2021 at 05:30 pm IST
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Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. announced that Mark Gelder, M.D. will be joining Onconova as Chief Medical Officer (CMO), effective as of June 14, 2021. Dr. Gelder is an accomplished industry leader with more than 35 years of experience in clinical development, medical affairs, and medical marketing. He was most recently the CMO of Elevar Therapeutics, where he led the company’s clinical development, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, and preclinical teams. Prior to his time at Elevar, Dr. Gelder served as the CMO of Pierian Biosciences (formerly DiaTech Oncology), Accelovance, Inc., and Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
Traws Pharma, Inc., formerly Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., is a virology and oncology company. The Company is engaged in developing antivirals for influenza, COVID and other respiratory infections and narazaciclib. Its proprietary portfolio includes, TRX100 (viroksavir), TRX01 (travaltrevir), and Narazaciclib. Viroksavir is a cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor for influenza. Travaltrevir is a Mpro protease inhibitor for COVID19. Narazaciclib is a cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor for low-grade endometrioid endometrial cancer (LGEEC). Narazaciclibâs mechanism of action in LGEEC is validated by phase II studies with other approved CDK4/6 inhibitors: palbociclib, ribociclib, and abemaciclib. Narazaciclib is in phase I/IIa study to define the Phase II dose (RP2D).