Lipella Pharmaceuticals Expands its Advisory Board to Include Oncology Expertise
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The new oncology committee will include: Jason Hafron, MD, DDS, PhD, MPH; and Pradeep Tyagi, PhD, MBA
PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: LIPO) (“Lipella” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, today announced the expansion of its Scientific Advisory Board to include oncology expertise.
The new committee members are: Jason Hafron, MD, DDS, PhD, MPH, the Chief Medical Officer at Michigan Institute of Urology, and Professor of Urology at the William Beaumont School of Medicine; and Pradeep Tyagi, PhD, MBA, Professor of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA. Drs. Hafron and Tyagi have complementing expertise in both clinical and translational research in cancer treatment, with a focus on urologic oncology.
Dr. Michael Chancellor, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Lipella, stated, “I look forward to working with Dr. Hafron and Dr. Tyagi in the advancement of our discovery efforts in the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), a disease that affects nearly one million Americans.”
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