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Appointment of Dr Karl Keegan
Appointment of Dr Karl Keegan.
About this update from Nuformix Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2813D Nuformix PLC 18 February 2020 \n\n18 February 2020\nNuformix plc\n(\"Nuformix\" or \"the Company\")\n \nAppointment of Dr Karl Keegan\n \nNuformix, the pharmaceutical development company using cocrystal technology to unlock the therapeutic potential of approved small molecule drugs today announces the appointment of Dr Karl Keegan to the Board of Nuformix as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. \n \nKarl has over 25 years of experience working in senior roles in the life sciences industry. He is currently Chief Executive Officer and Executive Board member at HOX Therapeutics Ltd, a private biotechnology company developing first-in-class, highly targeted cancer therapies based on HOX genes. \n \nKarl spent 12 years as a highly regarded sell-side life sciences research analyst, researching and helping finance companies across the UK, Europe, USA and Canada. Since then, primarily in CFO roles, he has focused on corporate development, and has a successful track record of devising and implementing M&A and finance projects, delivering value across all aspects of business strategy, highlights include the sale of Minster pharmaceuticals plc to Proximagen plc, multiple financings to support a new strategy for Pharming Group NV and leadership of M&A deals at Vectura Group plc. \n \nKarl graduated from University College Dublin, Ireland in 1988 with a B.Sc. in Pharmacology and gained M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees (Pharmacology) from the University of Cambridge (UK) where he was funded by a Parke-Davis Research Scholarship. Following postdoctoral work at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, as a Society of Epilepsy Young Investigator, he worked at SmithKline Beecham PLC in both research and in Strategic Product Development for the Neuroscience therapy area. In 2005 he completed a M.Sc. in Finance at the London Business School, focussing on entrepreneurial finance and valuation of early stage businesses.\n \nDr Dan Gooding, Chief Executive Officer of Nuformix Plc, commented: \"I am delighted to welcome Karl to the Nuformix Board. With his extensive experience in strategy, finance, corporate development and capital markets within life sciences, Karl brings a wealth of experience that is highly relevant to Nuformix at this moment as we enter new st...