Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints Dominick C. Colangelo as Class II Director and to Serve on the Audit Committee of the Board
June 01, 2020 at 01:48 am IST
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Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. announced the election of Dominick C. Colangelo to the company's board of directors. On June 29, 2020, the Board of Directors elected Dominick C. Colangelo to the Board as a Class II Director, effective immediately, with a term expiring at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Colangelo was also appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board. Mr. Colangelo joins Trevi’s Board with more than twenty years of executive management and corporate development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, including nearly a decade with Eli Lilly and Company. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Vericel since 2013. During his career, he has held a variety of executive positions of increasing responsibility in product development, pharmaceutical operations, sales and marketing, and corporate development. During his tenure at Eli Lilly and Company, Nick held positions as Director of Strategy and Business Development for Lilly’s Diabetes Product Group and also served as a founding Managing Director of Lilly Ventures.
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of the investigational therapy Haduvio (nalbuphine ER) for the treatment of chronic cough in adults with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other chronic cough indications, and for the treatment of prurigo nodularis. Haduvio is an oral extended-release (ER) formulation of nalbuphine. Nalbuphine is a mixed k-opioid receptor agonist and mu-opioid receptor antagonist. It is conducting Phase IIb/III clinical trial of Hadguvio in patients with severe pruritus associated with prurigo nodularis. It has also conducted a Phase II clinical trial of Haduvio for chronic cough in patients with IPF, which is referred to as the Phase II CANAL trial. The Companyâs Haduvio development programs include Chronic Cough in IPF Program, RCC Program and Prurigo Nodularis Program. The Companyâs subsidiary is Trevi Therapeutics Limited.