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Neurotrope Appoints Dr. Michael Ciraolo As General Counsel And Chief Operating Officer
NEW YORK, April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurotrope, Inc. (NTRP), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for neurodegenerative
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[{"type":"text","content":" NEW YORK, April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurotrope, Inc. (NTRP), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (\"AD\"), announced today that Michael Ciraolo, J.D., Ph.D., is joining the Company as general counsel and chief operating officer. \n\"I am very pleased to welcome Michael to the Neurotrope executive management team,\" said Charles Ryan, Neurotrope's chief executive officer. \"He is an exceptional leader and lawyer and we expect will prove instrumental as we continue to execute at this important point in the Company's evolution. We look forward to reporting top-line data from our current Phase 2 confirmatory clinical trial in the second half of 2019, and to making continued progress in exploring Bryostatin's potential in other disease indications.\" \nDr. Ciraolo was most recently at Ovid Therapeutics, where he served as senior vice president, chief intellectual property counsel. Prior to joining Ovid, he was an executive director at Forest Laboratories where he held positions of increasing levels of responsibility. He has been involved with the development of numerous pharmaceutical products and transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions and licensing opportunities. Dr. Ciraolo began his legal career as an associate at Baker Botts LLP in New York City, received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Stony Brook University and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law.\n\"I am very excited to be joining the Neurotrope team at this pivotal time in the Company's development. I believe that Bryostatin has tremendous potential as a treatment for moderate to severe AD, and I look forward to contributing to the success of Neurotrope as it prepares for data and beyond,\" said Dr. Ciraolo.\nAbout Neurotrope\nNeurotrope is at the forefront of developing a new approach to combating AD and other neurodegenerative diseases. The Company's world-class science offers the potential to realize a paradigm shift to overcome one of today's most challenging clinical problems — finding a way to slow or even prevent the progression of AD.\nIn addition to the Company's Phase 2 trial of Bryostatin-1 in advanced AD, Neurotrope has also conducted preclinical studies of Bryostatin-1 as a potential treatment for rare diseases and brain injury, including Fra...