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Inhibikase Announces Expansion of Senior Leadership Team
--- Chris Cabell, MD MHS FACC Appointed President and Head of Research & Development --- --- John Adams, PhD Appointed Chief Scientific Officer --- --- Vince Aurentz to join Inhibikase Board of Directors --- BOSTON, Feb. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) (“Inhibikase” or “Company”), today announced the appointment of two pharma industry executives with deep experience in pulmonary arterial hypertension (“PAH”) to its senior leadership team. Chris Cabell, M.
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