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Celldex Therapeutics Announces Appointment of Rita Jain, M.D. to Board of Directors
HAMPTON, N.J., Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDX) announced today that it has appointed Rita Jain, M.D. to the
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[{"type":"text","content":"HAMPTON, N.J., Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDX) announced today that it has appointed Rita Jain, M.D. to the Company’s Board of Directors. “We are pleased to welcome Dr. Jain to the Celldex Board of Directors at this important time in the Company’s trajectory,” said Anthony Marucci, Co-founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Celldex Therapeutics. “Dr. Jain’s deep background in drug development strongly complements our Board’s skills and experiences, and we look forward to her contributions as we continue to advance our programs into later stage development.” Dr. Jain added, “I am excited to join Celldex, whose emerging data suggests that barzolvolimab has significant potential to open a new class of therapeutics to treat difficult diseases across a broad spectrum of conditions in allergy, inflammation and immunology. I look forward to working with Celldex’s outstanding team to advance the Company’s mission.\" Dr. Jain is a board-certified rheumatologist. She previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer of ChemoCentryx, Inc., Chief Medical Officer of Immunovant, Inc. and prior to that, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. Before joining Akebia, Dr. Jain served as Vice President of Men's and Women's Health and Metabolic Development at AbbVie, Inc. and in various leadership roles at Abbott Laboratories, including Divisional Vice President. Prior to her time at Abbott, she held management positions in the Arthritis, Inflammation and Pain Group at G.D. Searle, which was acquired by Pharmacia and, later, Pfizer. She was responsible for leading the design and execution of multiple late-stage programs, including for Orilissa® and Oriahnn® and has also led programs across a diverse set of therapeutic areas, including immunology, inflammation, pain and nephrology. Earlier in her career, Dr. Jain served as a faculty member at North Shore University Hospital in New York. Dr. Jain currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Provention Bio, Inc. and serves on the supervisory board of AM Pharma. She previously served on the Board of Directors of ChemoCentryx, Inc. until its acquisition by Amgen. Dr. Jain received her M.D. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine and her B.S. in Biolog...