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Precision BioSciences Expands Hepatitis Scientific Advisory Board with Addition of World-Class Clinical Investigators Mark Sulkowski, M.D. and Jordan Feld, M.D., MPH, as PBGENE-HBV Program Nears Clinical Readiness
DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), an advanced gene editing company utilizing its novel proprietary ARCUS® platform
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[{"type":"text","content":" DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nPrecision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), an advanced gene editing company utilizing its novel proprietary ARCUS® platform to develop in vivo gene editing therapies for sophisticated gene edits, including gene elimination, insertion, and excision, today announced the appointment of Mark Sulkowski, M.D. and Jordan Feld, M.D., M.P.H. to its Hepatitis Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Sulkowski and Dr. Feld will join Raymond Schinazi, Ph.D., DSc, inaugural member of Precision’s Hepatitis SAB, to provide counsel and deepen the Company’s scientific and clinical expertise ahead of Precision’s anticipated Investigational New Drug (IND) and/or Clinical Trial Application (CTA) submission of PBGENE-HBV for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in the second half of 2024.\n\n\n“We are thrilled and privileged to welcome Dr. Sulkowski and Dr. Feld as members of our SAB as we rapidly advance the development of PBGENE-HBV towards the clinic,” said Michael Amoroso, President and Chief Executive Officer of Precision BioSciences. “Together, they bring immense expertise as investigators in hepatitis clinical trials, which will be invaluable as we expect to submit the IND and/or CTA applications for PBGENE-HBV later this year, bringing our first wholly owned ARCUS nuclease into clinical trials. We look forward to leveraging the SAB’s input to guide the development of PBGENE-HBV and the broader potential of our ARCUS platform.”\n\n\n“Dr. Sulkowski and Dr. Feld are welcome additions to the SAB as Precision nears key inflection points,” said Dr. Raymond Schinazi, a pioneer of treatments for hepatitis and member of Precision’s Hepatitis Scientific Advisory Board. “Mark’s and Jordan’s contributions to the existing hepatitis B body of knowledge establishes them as leaders in the field, and we are delighted to have advisors of their caliber coming aboard.”\n\n\nPrecision BioSciences Hepatitis Scientific Advisory Board includes:\n\n\nMark Sulkowski, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He also serves as the Medical Director of the Viral Hepatitis Center in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Gastroenterology /Hepatology in the Department of Medicine and is the Senior Associ...