Business
PainReform Welcomes Senior Pharmaceutical Executive and Venture Capitalist Augustine Lawlor to Board of Directors
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL / ACCESSWIRE / November 5, 2020 / PainReform Ltd. (NASDAQ:PRFX) ("PainReform" or the "Company"), a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical
About this update from Prf Technologies Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"HERZLIYA, ISRAEL / ACCESSWIRE / November 5, 2020 / PainReform Ltd. (NASDAQ:PRFX) (\"PainReform\" or the \"Company\"), a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the reformulation of established therapeutics, welcomes Augustine Lawlor as a member of the Company's Board of Directors following its recent initial public offering.Mr. Lawlor has served as Chief Operating Officer of Leap Therapeutics, Inc., an oncology company, since January 2016 and has been a Managing Director of HealthCare Ventures since 2000. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chief Operating Officer of LeukoSite, Inc., a biotechnology company acquired by Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 1999. Prior to joining LeukoSite, Mr. Lawlor was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development for Alpha-Beta Technologies, Inc., a company that specializes in electronics design, development, manufacturing and system obsolescence issues. He has held similar positions at both BioSurface Technologies Corporation, a company that provides products for biofilm investigations, and Armstrong Pharmaceuticals, a division of Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Mr. Lawlor was previously a management consultant with KPMG. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. and a director of Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., biopharmaceutical companies which are listed on Nasdaq. Mr. Lawlor received his Master's degree in Public and Private Management from Yale University and a B.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire.Dr. Ehud Geller, Chairman of the Board, commented, \"Gus Lawlor is an important addition to our Board, as he is a seasoned and successful healthcare investor and venture capitalist and brings extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including oversight of finance, business development, and manufacturing functions. He has been involved in numerous mergers and acquisitions, including the billion-dollar sale/merger of Leukosite, Inc. with Millenium Pharmaceuticals. He also oversaw the sales of Armstrong Pharmaceuticals to Medevac, and Biosurface Technology to Genzyme. As a venture capitalist, he managed an investment portfolio of over one billion dollars in committed capital. We believe that his healthcare, financial and capital markets experience will be of tremendous benefit to ...