PolyPid Appoints UCSF Brain Tumor Center Director Mitchel S. Berger, M.D., to Oncology Advisory Board
PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Jan. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PolyPid Ltd. (Nasdaq: PYPD) (“PolyPid” or the “Company”), a phase 3 biopharmaceutical company focused on developing targeted, locally administered, and prolonged-release therapeutics using its proprietary PLEX technology, today announced the appointment of Mitchel S. Berger, M.D., to its Oncology Advisory Board.
- He serves as the Director of the UCSF Brain Tumor Research Center , a leader in translational research, and is the Principal Investigator of its Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in neuro-oncology, funded by the National Cancer Institute.
- We have made considerable progress in understanding the disease, and PolyPids OncoPLEX has the potential to significantly advance how we treat GBM.
- I look forward to working closely with PolyPid to further develop OncoPLEX so we can improve patient outcomes.
- The Company expects to initiate a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of OncoPLEX for brain tumors by the end of 2022.