HOUSTON, April 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ: BPTH), a biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary DNAbilize® antisense RNAi nanoparticle technology to develop a portfolio of targeted nucleic acid cancer drugs, today announced the appointment of Aline Sherwood to its Board of Directors on March 31, 2022. Ms. Sherwood replaced Martina Molsbergen, who stepped down from the Board of Directors on February 14, 2022.
“We are delighted to welcome Aline to the Bio-Path Board of Directors. With her extensive background in biotechnology communications, Aline synthesizes complex science into compelling messaging, which is instrumental in guiding our communications to both the clinical and financial communities,” said Peter Nielsen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bio-Path Holdings. “She brings valuable industry insight to our team that will be increasingly important as we advance our DNAbilize platform in the fight against cancer.”
“Bio-Path’s technology and the promise of their approach for hard-to-treat cancers was a compelling factor in my decision to join the Board of Directors,” said Ms. Sherwood. “By leveraging my experience in science and communications, I’ll endeavor to add value to Bio-Path as they advance their efforts to develop cancer therapies for fragile patient populations. I look forward working with the team and my colleagues on the Board to extend this value proposition to stakeholders.”
Ms. Sherwood is Principal of Scienta Communications, an independent communications consultancy providing strategic public relations and corporate communications counsel to life sciences companies. Before founding the firm, she served in roles of increasing responsibility at several public relations firms, most recently at WeissComm Group. Earlier, she managed corporate communications for The Liposome Company prior to its acquisition by Elan Pharmaceuticals. Ms. Sherwood holds a B.S. in biochemistry and classical civilizations from Beloit College.
About Bio-Path Holdings, Inc.
Bio-Path is a biotechnology company developing DNAbilize®, a novel technology that has yielded a pipeline of RNAi nanoparticle drugs that can be administered with a simple intravenous transfusion. Bio-Path’s lead product candidate, prexigebersen (BP1001, targeting the Grb2 protein), is in a Phase 2 study for blood cancers and prexigebersen-A, a drug product modification of prexigebersen, has been cleared by the FDA and Phase 1 studies in solid tumors are expected to commence in 2022. The Company’s second product BP1002, which targets the Bcl-2 protein, is being evaluated for the treatment of blood cancers and solid tumors, including lymphoma and acute myeloid leukemia. In addition, an IND is expected to be filed for BP1003, a novel liposome incorporated STAT3 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide developed by Bio-Path as a specific inhibitor of STAT3, in 2022.
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