On November 14, 2019 Theragnostics, which is developing molecular radiotherapy for imaging and treating a broad range of cancers, reported two strategic hires to its leadership team with the appointment of Dr Daniel Stevens as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Chris Stirling to the Board as Non-Executive Director (Press release, Theragnostics, NOV 14, 2019, View Source [SID1234551133]).
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Chris Sterling has extensive experience in the life sciences industry advising multinational companies such as GlaxoSmithKline and Syngenta (Novartis/AstraZeneca) in cross-border acquisitions, mergers and disposals. He was previously Chairman of KPMG’s Global Life Sciences sector where he built the practice in markets across the world including China, India and Brazil as well as the established markets in North America, Europe and Japan. He has held many leadership positions and senior client facing roles at KPMG both as an Audit and Transaction Services partner. Chris is an FCA Chartered Accountant and holds a Master’s in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford.
Recently appointed CMO Dr Daniel Stevens has a successful track record in US and EU radiopharmaceutical registrations and has led development teams through Phase 1 to Phase 3 of novel radiopharmaceutical therapies. Daniel is a UK trained physician with a broad frontline clinical experience including five years working as both an academic and a clinician, and a specialist period undertaking basic cancer research at the University of Oxford.
Commenting on the news, Nick Stevens, Executive Chairman of Theragnostics, said:
"As we continue to grow, it is important to be able to attract high calibre individuals who have the global experience to help Theragnostics on its journey. Chris’ business acumen, extensive experience and exemplary track record in striking deals with large players in the sector will be invaluable in implementing our strategy of bringing novel diagnostic agents and new targeted therapies to patients."
Greg Mullen, Chief Executive Officer of Theragnostics, added:
"I’m very pleased to have someone of Dan’s expertise and track record join our team. This appointment comes at a pivotal moment when we prepare for the next stage of growth as a company and complements the management team as we advance our programmes into clinical development."
Theragnostics’ technology platform enables the development of molecular radiotherapy based on a PARPi for imaging and treating cancer. Theragnostics modifies a PARPi drug molecule with a radioactive atom to create a radionuclide PARPi (rPARPi). This can either be used to image PARP in a cancer patient for diagnostic use or the radioactive isotope can be used to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation into tumour cells, which offers the potential to molecularly target the radiation in order to hit and kill tumour cells whilst avoiding damage to healthy cells and associated side effects.