Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. Announces Board Appointments
December 19, 2019 at 07:05 am EST
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Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of Pol F. Boudes, MD, and Gwen A. Melincoff to its Board of Directors, effective as of January 1, 2020. The new appointments will expand the size of the Board from five to seven directors. Dr. Boudes currently serves as a research and development consultant to several companies. Most recently he served as Chief Medical Officer at CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. Ms. Melincoff currently serves on the Board of Directors of Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., Soleno Therapeutics, Inc. and Photocure ASA.
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins expressed through its proprietary plant cell-based expression system, ProCellEx. In addition, the Company is developing PEGylated uricase, or PRX-115, for the treatment of severe gout, Long Acting (LA) DNase I, or PRX-119, for the treatment of NETs-related diseases, and other technologies and preclinical assets. Its product, Elelyso is an enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for the treatment of patients with Gaucher disease. Its ProCellEx platform is being used to manufacture both of its approved and marketed products as well as PRX-115 and PRX-119. PRX-115, a plant cell-expressed recombinant PEGylated Uricase (urate oxidase)- a chemically modified enzyme under development for the potential treatment of severe gout. PRX-119 is a plant cell-expressed PEGylated recombinant human DNase I product candidate.
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