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Lantern Pharma Expands Management Team with Appointment of Two Leading Industry Executives to Support Clinical and Manufacturing Initiatives
Harry Kochat, Ph.D. Appointed Senior Director of CMC and Manufacturing Quality Affairs Darlene Bunpian, MPH Appointed Lead Clinical Trial Project Manager
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[{"type":"text","content":"Harry Kochat, Ph.D. Appointed Senior Director of CMC and Manufacturing Quality Affairs\n Darlene Bunpian, MPH Appointed Lead Clinical Trial Project Manager\n\n\nDALLAS, Sept. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Lantern Pharma (NASDAQ: LTRN), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company using its proprietary RADR® artificial intelligence (\"A.I.\") platform to transform the cost, pace, and timeline of oncology drug discovery and development, today announced the addition of two senior industry executives to support the Company's clinical and manufacturing initiatives. Dr. Harry Kochat has been appointed Senior Director of Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) and Manufacturing Quality Affairs, where his responsibilities will include oversight of drug candidate manufacturing and quality control. Darlene Bunpian, MPH has been appointed Clinical Trial Project Manager, where she will be responsible for oversight of the planned clinical trials, including the planned Phase 2 clinical trial of LP-300 as a combination therapy in never-smokers with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC). \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nDr. Kochat brings 30 years of experience with multiple successful drug candidates and management of teams of all phases and sizes in CMC, GxP and GLP, as well as quality regulatory affairs. He has years of hands-on experience authoring, reviewing and approving GMP quality documents, including 3 oncology NDAs, 4 ANDAs, and 13 preclinical programs, as well as oversight of CMOs and CROs. Most recently, Dr. Kochat has served as Director, Pharmaceutical Operations & Business Development at the Plough Center for Sterile Drug Delivery Solutions (UTHSC), Memphis, where his responsibilities have included leading all end-to-end operations related to cGMP manufacturing and quality affairs, including development, site registration and launch of a sterile, cGMP fill-finish facility. Dr. Kochat received a Ph.D. degree in Organic Chemistry from Purdue University, followed by NIH fellowships at Purdue University and Rice University, as well as M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Kerala, India. Dr. Kochat has co-invented more than 225 issued domestic and international patents and co-authored over 65 peer journal scientific publications.\nMs. Bunpian is a seasoned and certified research professional with 15+ years of experience, includ...