PolTREG appoints Dan Shelly as Chief Business Development Officer
February 21 2024 - 1:00AM
Gdańsk, Poland – 21 February 2024 – PolTREG
S.A. (Warsaw Stock Exchange: PTG), a clinical-stage biotechnology
company developing cell therapies for a wide range of autoimmune
diseases, announces today it has appointed Prof. Daniel Shelly,
PhD, MBA, into the role of Chief Business Development Officer, to
help PolTREG build the strategic, commercial, research and
pharmaceutical partnerships that will enable the company to
successfully commercialise its strong pipeline of cell therapies
for diseases such as Type-1 Diabetes (T1D), Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
“I am elated we were able to attract Dan to help us deliver the
promise of Treg cell therapies for a wide range of autoimmune
diseases. PolTREG has the most comprehensive pipeline of cell
therapies for autoimmune diseases, including Type-1 Diabetes and
Multiple Sclerosis, and Dan’s arrival will enable us to continue to
deliver the milestones that will bring our lead assets closer to
market,” said Prof. Piotr Trzonkowski, Chief Executive Officer of
PolTREG.
Dr Shelly is an astute veteran of the life science industry,
with a deep understanding of biology and the Treg cell therapies
that PolTREG is developing. He has a proven track record of closing
business development deals for a wide range of biotech companies,
including most recently several early-stage evaluation deals for
Prescient Therapeutics Ltd., a clinical stage oncology company
developing personalised medicine approaches to cancer, using CAR-T
technologies. He was Director of Global Business Development and
Strategic Partnerships for the global non-profit PATH, where he was
the Co-Lead for the COVID-19 task force. He is an adjunct associate
professor at the University of Cincinnati, where he teaches
biologics discovery, pharmaco-economics and biotech business,
publishes in scientific journals, and is a frequently invited
speaker and thought leader at international cell therapy
conferences. Dr Shelly has a comprehensive understanding of the
clinical development pathway, with direct experience of regulatory
submissions, and is skilled in clinical asset valuation and due
diligence.
PolTREG boasts the most advanced pipeline for Treg cell
therapies in autoimmune disease, with its lead candidate, PTG-007,
in mid-stage clinical studies in T1D and MS. In addition, the
company expects to start First-in-Human clinical trials of its
CAR-Tregs for two neurodegenerative diseases - MS and ALS – in
early 2025.
Complementing PolTREG’s innovative clinical pipeline is the
recent opening of one of Europe’s largest CGMP cell therapy
manufacturing facilities. The facility, one of the most advanced of
its kind, will have over 2,100 sqm of laboratory space, including
15 operational production lines, a capacity that can be
significantly further expanded. The facility already can deliver
life-improving cell therapies anywhere in Europe within 24 hours
post production.
PolTREG was the first company in the world to administer Treg
therapies to patients and the first to start receiving revenues
from its lead product. So far, PolTREG has successfully treated 27
patients with PTG-007 commercially under a hospital exemption
program in Poland.
About PolTREGPolTREG is a
global leader in developing autoimmune therapies based on
T-regulatory cells (Tregs). Its lead product, PTG-007, autologous
Treg treatment for early-onset Type-1 Diabetes (T1D) is ready for
Phase 2/3 clinical testing, for which the company is seeking a
partnership. The company will launch Phase 2 trials for PTG-007 to
treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the second half of 2024, for RRMS
and PPMS. PolTREG also has engineered Tregs, including CAR-Tregs,
antigen-specific Tregs and TCR-Tregs, in the preclinical stage.
PolTREG has completed four clinical trials with more than 100
patients treated with Tregs.
For more information please visit www.poltreg.com.
For further information please contact:
PolTREG
S.A.Prof Piotr TrzonkowskiChief Executive
Officerir@poltreg.com+48 512 532 401 |
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