CAMP4 Appoints Multiple Industry Veterans to its Board of Directors

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CAMP4 Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CAMP) has strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointments of two industry veterans: Doug E. Williams, Ph.D., and Murray Stewart, DM FRCP. The company, focused on developing regRNA-targeting antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapies, aims to enhance its strategic guidance for multiple drug development programs.

Dr. Williams brings over 30 years of biopharma experience, having contributed to notable drugs like LEUKINE®, ENBREL®, and SPINRAZA®. His previous roles include President of R&D at Sana Biotechnology, EVP of R&D at Biogen, and CEO of ZymoGenetics.

Dr. Stewart, formerly Chief Medical Officer at Rhythm Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline, has extensive clinical development experience across all trial phases and has been instrumental in launching therapies including AVANDIA® and TANZEUM®. The appointments will support CAMP4's advancement of its lead clinical program for urea cycle disorders and preclinical program for SYNGAP1-related disorders.

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• Appointment of two highly experienced pharmaceutical industry veterans to Board of Directors
• New directors bring extensive expertise in drug development and clinical trials
• Both directors have track records of successful drug launches and registrations
• Strategic enhancement for advancing clinical and preclinical programs

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• With decades of experience in pharmaceutical development and extensive genetic medicine expertise, Doug E. Williams, Ph.D., and Murray Stewart, DM FRCP, will provide strategic guidance for CAMP4’s multiple drug development efforts

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CAMP4 Therapeutics Corporation (“CAMP4”) (Nasdaq: CAMP), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a pipeline of regRNA-targeting antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) therapies to upregulate gene expression to restore healthy protein levels, today announced the appointments of Doug E. Williams, Ph.D., and Murray Stewart, DM FRCP, to the Company’s Board of Directors.

“We are delighted to welcome Drs. Williams and Stewart to our Board of Directors,” said Josh Mandel-Brehm, Chief Executive Officer of CAMP4. “With their combined expertise spanning critical aspects of R&D and clinical development, we will benefit greatly from their strategic insights as we advance our lead clinical program for urea cycle disorders and our preclinical program for SYNGAP1-related disorders, while continuing to develop additional RNA-targeting medicines designed to upregulate gene expression and meaningfully address diseases where we believe modest increases in protein levels can have a tremendous impact on the lives of patients.”

Dr. Williams commented, “CAMP4’s approach is opening exciting possibilities to upregulate gene expression, a long-sought-after and challenging feat in the field of genetic medicine. I look forward to working with the team to unlock the full potential of this approach and ultimately advance novel therapeutics to the clinic.”

Dr. Stewart added, “I’m thrilled to join the CAMP4 team and support its mission of advancing programmable RNA therapeutics for genetic diseases where decreased protein expression drives disease pathophysiology. By pioneering new ways to restore gene expression, CAMP4 has the potential to bring life-changing therapies to patients who currently have limited or no disease-modifying treatment options.”

With over 30 years in the biopharma industry, Dr. Williams has contributed to the development of several transformative drugs, including LEUKINE^®, ENBREL^®, ADCETRIS^®, TECFIDERA^®, APROLIX^®, ELOCTATE^®, and SPINRAZA^®. He was previously President of R&D at Sana Biotechnology and the Founding President & CEO of Codiak BioSciences. Prior to Sana, Dr. Williams served as EVP of R&D at Biogen, and earlier in his career was CEO of ZymoGenetics (acquired by BMS), and held leadership roles at Seattle Genetics, Amgen, and Immunex. Over the course of his career, he has served on the Board of Directors and Advisory Boards of more than two dozen biotech companies.

Dr. Stewart currently serves as a Senior Medical Advisor to several biopharma companies, and was most recently the Chief Medical Officer at Rhythm Pharmaceuticals. Prior to this position, he served as Head of R&D at Novelion Therapeutics. Before joining Novelion, he served as corporate Chief Medical Officer at GlaxoSmithKline. With extensive clinical development experience, he has led studies across all stages, from first-in-human trials to large Phase 4 cardiovascular outcome studies. Dr. Stewart has played a key role in the successful registration and launch of multiple therapies, including AVANDIA^®, ARIXTRA^®, TANZEUM^®, and XOLREMDI^®. Before transitioning to industry, he served as a Consultant Physician and Head of Clinical Services at the Diabetes Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, where his research was focused on lipid metabolism and type 2 diabetes.

About CAMP4 Therapeutics

CAMP4 is developing disease-modifying treatments for a broad range of rare and prevalent genetic diseases where increasing healthy protein levels may offer meaningful therapeutic benefits. Our approach allows for targeted gene upregulation by harnessing a fundamental mechanism of how genes are controlled. To increase gene expression, our therapeutic ASO drug candidates target regRNAs, which act locally on transcription factors and are the master regulators of gene expression. CAMP4’s proprietary RAP Platform™ enables the mapping of regRNAs and generation of therapeutic candidates designed to target the regRNAs associated with genes underlying haploinsufficient and recessive partial loss-of-function disorders, of which there are more than 1,200, in which a modest increase in protein expression may have the potential to be clinically meaningful. Learn more about us at www.CAMP4tx.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Contacts

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LifeSci Advisors
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FAQ

What are the key programs CAMP4 (CAMP) is currently developing?

CAMP4 is advancing a lead clinical program for urea cycle disorders and a preclinical program for SYNGAP1-related disorders, using regRNA-targeting antisense oligonucleotide therapies.

What is the therapeutic approach of CAMP4 (CAMP) in genetic medicine?

CAMP4 develops RNA-targeting medicines designed to upregulate gene expression, aiming to restore healthy protein levels in genetic diseases where decreased protein expression drives pathophysiology.

What significant drug developments has new board member Doug Williams been involved with?

Dr. Williams contributed to developing LEUKINE®, ENBREL®, ADCETRIS®, TECFIDERA®, APROLIX®, ELOCTATE®, and SPINRAZA®.

What is Dr. Murray Stewart's experience in drug development at CAMP?

Dr. Stewart has led studies across all clinical trial phases and helped launch multiple therapies including AVANDIA®, ARIXTRA®, TANZEUM®, and XOLREMDI®.