VistaGen Therapeutics Appoints Mark A. McPartland Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations
October 04, 2016 at 04:30 pm IST
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VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has appointed Mark A. McPartland as Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. Mr. McPartland will collaborate on the advancement of VistaGen's corporate strategy and development, lead the execution of its investor relations (IR) program, and serve as a company spokesperson, reporting to Shawn Singh, VistaGen's Chief Executive Officer. Mark McPartland joins VistaGen with over 20 years of experience in corporate development, capital markets, corporate communications, and executive management consulting. Mr. McPartland's background includes guiding the development and execution of corporate strategy for both private and public companies at all stages of their commercial evolution, including early- and mid-stage biopharmaceutical companies. Prior to joining VistaGen, Mr. McPartland served as the Vice President of Corporate Development and Communications at Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc.
Vistagen Therapeutics, Inc. is a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company focuses on transforming the treatment landscape for individuals living with anxiety, depression, and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders. It is advancing therapeutics for treatment of anxiety, depression, and multiple CNS disorders. Its pipeline includes six clinical-stage product candidates, including fasedienol (PH94B), itruvone (PH10), PH15, PH80, and PH284, each an investigational agent belonging to a new class of drugs known as pherines, as well as AV-101, which is an oral antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). Pherines, which are administered as low-dose nasal sprays, are designed with a rapid-onset mechanism of action that activates chemosensory neurons in the nasal cavity and can impact key neural circuits in the brain without systemic uptake or direct activity on CNS neurons in the brain. PH94B is a synthetic investigational pherine from the androstane family.
VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC. 
