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GT Biopharma Announces the Promotion of Dr. Gregory Berk to President of Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer
In his expanded role, Dr. Berk will oversee discovery, non-clinical development, clinical development, and manufacturing. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Aug. 23, 2021
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[{"type":"text","content":"In his expanded role, Dr. Berk will oversee discovery, non-clinical development, clinical development, and manufacturing.\n\n\nBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Aug. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- GT Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTBP), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company focused on developing innovative therapeutics based on the Company's proprietary natural killer (NK) cell engager, TriKE® protein biologic technology platform, today announced the promotion of Gregory Berk, M.D., to the position of President of Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Berk has been serving as Chief Medical Officer and prior to that was a Director on the GT Biopharma Board. Dr. Berk will assume additional responsibilities, including discovery, non-clinical development, clinical development, and manufacturing.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"The Company is in the process of transferring GMP manufacturing from the University of Minnesota to Cytovance® Biologics, and Dr. Berk will be working closely with our Consulting Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Jeffrey Miller and his team at the University of Minnesota together with a team of outstanding manufacturing and regulatory colleagues to ensure this process is done with both the highest quality and as quickly as possible. Dr. Berk's promotion speaks to the priority of this for the company,\" said Anthony Cataldo, Chief Executive Officer of GT Biopharma.\nGT Biopharma is developing GTB-3550, a trispecific natural killer (NK) cell engager TriKE®, for the treatment of relapsed/refractory acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The trial is in Phase 1 dose escalation and interim Phase 1 clinical data will be presented next month in an oral session at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Congress. The Company has also previously announced it will be advancing additional solid tumor-directed TriKE® product candidates into the clinic in 2022. \nDr. Berk brings over 30 years of experience and expertise in oncology drug development across medicine, industry and academia. Prior to joining GT Biopharma, Dr. Berk was Chief Medical Officer of Celularity, where he was responsible for the company's oncology, infectious and degenerative disease programs. Previously, he served as Chief Medical Officer of Verastem; President, Chief Medical Officer, and Board Member of Sid...