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Jaguar Health Announces Appointment of Pravin Chaturvedi, Ph.D., as Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Chaturvedi continues to serve as Chair of company's Scientific Advisory BoardDr. Chaturvedi continues to provide leadership to the development of two
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[{"type":"text","content":"Dr. Chaturvedi continues to serve as Chair of company's Scientific Advisory BoardDr. Chaturvedi continues to provide leadership to the development of two crofelemer pipeline indications, with anticipated key milestones in the next 12-15 months.SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 5, 2022 / Jaguar Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAGX) (Jaguar) today announced that Pravin Chaturvedi, PhD, a pharmaceutical veteran and leading clinical development expert, has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of Jaguar. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Chaturvedi served as Chair of the company's SAB and Acting CSO of Jaguar and Napo Pharmaceuticals (Napo), Jaguar's wholly owned subsidiary.\"We are absolutely thrilled that Pravin is now a full-time Jaguar executive officer in the role of CSO. Jaguar is focused on two important crofelemer pipeline development activities in the next 12-15 months that are expected to be value-transforming and require Pravin's full time commitment and leadership: the completion of the Phase 3 pivotal OnTarget trial of our core follow-on indication for crofelemer's novel mechanism of action, prophylaxis of cancer therapy-related diarrhea (CTD); and heading up development collaborations for the important rare disease indications of short bowel syndrome (SBS) and congenital diarrheal disorders (CDD) under the exclusive license granted to Napo Therapeutics, the Italian corporation established by Jaguar in 2021 and led by an impressive team of professionals with rare disease management experience. We also expect investigator-initiated proof-of-concept studies of crofelemer for SBS and CDD to be completed in 2022 and 2023, supporting the potential for expanded patient access through programs in Europe for these devastating and catastrophic diseases and health situations for these patients, who are often on parenteral nutrition for as long as 20 hours a day, seven days a week.\"During his impressive career, Dr. Chaturvedi has developed and brought to market seven pharmaceutical products in the U.S., and his list of accomplishments includes designing the successful Phase 3 ADVENT trial of crofelemer that resulted in approval of the drug in the U.S., now marketed under the name Mytesi®, for the symptomatic relief of noninfectious diarrhea in adult patients with HIV/AIDS on antiret...