TYME Announces Appointment of Dr. Jan M Van Tornout as Acting Chief Medical Officer
Tyme Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TYME) has appointed Jan M Van Tornout, MD, MSc, as acting Chief Medical Officer, effective April 1, 2021. He replaces Dr. Giuseppe Del Priore and will lead medical and preclinical programs. Dr. Van Tornout brings over 25 years of experience in drug development across multiple organizations. TYME aims to leverage his expertise in progressing its pipeline, focusing on cancer metabolism-based therapies. The company is optimistic that his leadership will enhance submission quality to the FDA and improve outcomes for patients with unmet medical needs.
- Appointment of Dr. Jan M Van Tornout as acting Chief Medical Officer expected to enhance leadership.
- Dr. Van Tornout brings over 25 years of medical experience in drug development.
- His expertise may improve the quality of submissions to the FDA.
- Replacement of Dr. Giuseppe Del Priore may cause continuity concerns in leadership.
Tyme Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TYME), an emerging biotechnology company developing cancer metabolism-based therapies (CMBTs™), today announced the appointment of Jan M Van Tornout, MD, MSc, as acting Chief Medical Officer, effective April 1, 2021. Dr. Van Tornout will provide leadership and direction for all medical and related preclinical programs in development. He will be replacing Dr. Giuseppe Del Priore. “On behalf of the board of directors, we truly appreciate Giuseppe’s many contributions towards advancing our programs and we wish him continued success in his future endeavors,” said Richie Cunningham, TYME’s CEO.
Dr. Van Tornout brings over 25 years of medical experience in academia and industry, including over 15 years of global drug development in pharmaceutical and biotech settings and encompassing preclinical, IND, FIH, phase II-IV, (s)NDA, BLA, safety, medical affairs, clinical operations and regulatory experience. He has led clinical management and oncology teams at Natera, INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Astellas Pharma, Bristol Myers Squibb and Amgen. Dr. Van Tornout has also served as a medical strategy consultant for various biotech companies including Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Puma Biotechnology, Maverick Therapeutics, ERT, Huya Bioscience, and Gradalis.
Dr. Van Tornout previously held academic appointments at the University of Southern California (USC) with clinical appointments at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles as attending pediatric hematologist-oncologist. Dr. Van Tornout received his MD from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Leuven, Belgium, an MS in classical philosophy from KUL, and a BS from the Faculté Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium. He obtained his certification as a paediatrician from the Gasthuisberg University Hospitals, KUL, and subsequently completed his training as a pediatric hematologist-oncologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USC. He earned an MSc. in applied biometry from USC and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular epidemiology at USC. Subsequently his National Institutes of Health-sponsored laboratory focused on genetic epidemiology of childhood cancer (EWS) and the application of neural networks to the analysis of large pediatric cancer datasets.
“We are delighted and fortunate to be able to bring on an individual with Dr. Van Tornout’s vast experience at this important juncture for TYME. Jan has played an integral role in the approval of multiple drug candidates and has served as a key advisor in all facets of drug development. We will greatly benefit from his expertise on how best to advance our pipeline, as well as his guidance on the components that comprise high quality submissions to the FDA. We expect the end result to benefit both TYME and the patients we intend to help,” said Richie Cunningham. Dr. Van Tornout stated, “I am excited to work with TYME and its leadership team during this pivotal period. TYME has multiple novel programs underway that have the potential to make a meaningful difference in the lives of many people with unmet medical needs. I am confident my background is very well-suited to help guide TYME in the next phase of clinical development across its various clinical and preclinical compounds.”
About Tyme Technologies
Tyme Technologies, Inc., is an emerging biotechnology company developing cancer therapeutics that are intended to be broadly effective across tumor types and have low toxicity profiles. Unlike targeted therapies that attempt to regulate specific mutations within cancer, the Company’s therapeutic approach is designed to take advantage of a cancer cell’s innate metabolic weaknesses to compromise its defenses, leading to cell death through oxidative stress and exposure to the body’s natural immune system. With the development of TYME-18 and TYME-19, the Company believes that it is also emerging as a leader in the development of bile acids as potential therapies for cancer and viruses such as COVID-19.
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