Edgewise Therapeutics Appoints Arlene Morris to its Board of Directors
May 07 2024 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: EWTX), a leading muscle
disease biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment
of biotechnology industry veteran Arlene Morris to its Board of
Directors. Ms. Morris has extensive experience in the
pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries serving in numerous
executive management and board roles.
“With over 30 years of exceptional leadership experience in the
biotech industry, we are delighted to welcome Arlene to our Board,”
said Kevin Koch, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer.
“Arlene brings invaluable expertise in strategic development and
operational excellence, and we are thankful to count her as a
valued advisor as we continue to advance our mission of changing
the lives of patients and families affected by serious muscle
diseases.”
Ms. Morris currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Willow
Advisors, a consultancy advising biotech companies on financing,
strategy and business development. She brings extensive experience
in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries from numerous
management and board roles. Previously, she spent over a decade
leading public biotechnology companies, as Chief Executive Officer
of Syndax Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on
the development and commercialization of an epigenetic therapy for
treatment-resistant cancers, and prior, as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Affymax, where she led the company through the
development of peginesatide (Omontys®). Ms. Morris also held
various management and executive positions at Clearview Projects,
Coulter Pharmaceutical, Scios, and Johnson & Johnson. She is
currently a member of the Board of Directors of Cogent Biosciences,
Palatin Technologies, TC BioPharm and Viridian Therapeutics.
About Edgewise Therapeutics
Edgewise Therapeutics is a leading muscle disease
biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for
muscular dystrophies and serious cardiac conditions. The Company’s
deep expertise in muscle physiology is driving a new generation of
novel therapeutics. Sevasemten is an orally administered skeletal
myosin inhibitor in late-stage clinical trials in Becker and
Duchenne muscular dystrophies. EDG-7500 is a novel cardiac
sarcomere modulator for the treatment of hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy and other diseases of diastolic dysfunction,
currently in Phase 2 clinical development. The entire team at
Edgewise is dedicated to our mission: changing the lives of
patients and families affected by serious muscle diseases. To learn
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