Palisade Bio, Inc. announced it has appointed Margery Fischbein to its Board of Directors. Ms. Fischbein is a highly experienced healthcare investment banker and accomplished biotechnology industry executive. Ms. Fischbein currently serves as Managing Director, Healthcare, for Cassel Salpeter & Co., an independent investment banking firm.

Previously, Ms. Fischbein was Head of Healthcare Investment Banking for Seaport Global and for FBR & Co. and Head of East Coast Biotechnology Investment Banking for JMP Securities. Prior to rejoining the banking industry, Ms. Fischbein held senior corporate positions at ImClone Systems and Human Genome Sciences.

Early in her career, Ms. Fischbein was senior vice president at Lehman Brothers, and then was a Managing Director of investment banking at the Chase Manhattan Corporation and at Citigroup. Ms. Fischbein earned a master?s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor?s degree in economics from Harvard University.