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Candel Therapeutics Appoints Three New Members to its Board of Directors
Gary Nabel, MD, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer of OPKOJoseph Papa, Chief Executive Officer of Bausch + Lomb CorporationRenee Gaeta, Chief Financial Officer of
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[{"type":"text","content":"Gary Nabel, MD, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer of OPKOJoseph Papa, Chief Executive Officer of Bausch + Lomb CorporationRenee Gaeta, Chief Financial Officer of Eko Devices NEEDHAM, Mass., Aug. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Candel Therapeutics, Inc. (Candel or the Company) (Nasdaq: CADL), a late clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on helping patients fight cancer with oncolytic viral immunotherapies, today announced the appointment of three new members to its Board: Gary Nabel, MD, PhD, renowned virologist and immunologist; Joseph C. Papa, prominent business leader; and Renee Gaeta, strategic financial expert, effective August 8, 2022. These new members replace current Board members: Alan E. Smith, PhD, Shaan Ghandi, MD, D.Phil, and Udi Meirav, PhD, maintaining Candel’s nine-seat board. “We are pleased to welcome Renee, Gary, and Joseph, preeminent leaders in their respective fields, as new directors to the Candel Board,” said Paul Peter Tak, MD, PhD, FMedSci, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Candel. “They bring a wealth of experience in biopharmaceutical industry, science, and value creation. Each of them will offer unique and valuable perspectives that we confidently believe will add to our growth, strengthening our foundation as we pursue highly differentiated oncolytic viral immunotherapies for patients with cancer.” Dr. Gary Nabel, a renowned virologist and immunologist, currently serves as Chief Innovation Officer of OPKO. Dr. Nabel co-founded ModeX Therapeutics and held the position of President and CEO before its acquisition by OPKO in May 2022. Before this, he served as Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President at Sanofi, where he oversaw the Breakthrough Laboratory that worked to create the first trispecific antibodies for HIV, cancer immunotherapies, and novel vaccines. Prior to Sanofi, Dr. Nabel spearheaded progressive research on HIV, influenza, SARS, Ebola, Chikungunya, and Epstein-Barr virus while he served as founding director at the NIH’s Vaccine Center for more than a decade. His honors include being elected to the Institute of Medicine for the National Academy of Science and the Amgen Scientific Achievement Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, following his countless accomplishments across virology, immunology, gene therapy, and molecular biolo...