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Humacyte Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of Shamik Parikh, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer
--Seasoned physician, scientist and life science executive brings expertise in clinical research and development across product life cycle-- --Key appointment
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[{"type":"text","content":"--Seasoned physician, scientist and life science executive brings expertise in clinical research and development across product life cycle-- --Key appointment as Humacyte advances HAV through multiple late-stage clinical trials in initial vascular applications-- DURHAM, N.C., April 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humacyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUMA), a clinical-stage biotechnology platform company developing universally implantable bioengineered human tissue at commercial scale, today announced the appointment of Shamik J. Parikh, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Dr. Parikh will lead the company’s global clinical development strategy, including oversight of the preclinical and clinical development, clinical operations, and medical affairs functions. “We are pleased to welcome Shamik to Humacyte’s leadership team as Chief Medical Officer. Shamik’s combination of experience across clinical development, medical affairs and patient safety will be invaluable to Humacyte as we advance our pipeline of bioengineered tissue products,” said Laura Niklason, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Humacyte. “His expertise taking a product from the clinical development stage through approval and commercialization will be an asset as we continue to progress our lead candidate, the Human Acellular VesselTM (HAVTM), through late-stage clinical trials in vascular trauma, arteriovenous (AV) access for hemodialysis, and peripheral arterial disease (PAD).” Dr. Parikh brings more than two decades of leadership experience in academia and at global pharmaceutical companies, where he oversaw clinical and drug strategy, research and development, and product launches across multiple therapeutic areas. He most recently served as Vice President, Head of Patient Safety Center for Excellence at AstraZeneca, where he led the enterprise-wide patient safety efforts, oversaw the development and execution of strategic initiatives and global pharmacovigilance of multiple products, and served as a core member of the AstraZeneca Executive Safety Board. During his 16-year tenure at AstraZeneca, Dr. Parikh also served in various roles of increasing responsibility, including as the Senior and Executive Director and Global Clinical Lead for type 2 diabetes medicine Farxiga®, responsible for its development from Phase 2 through the successful drug approval and commerc...