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Replimune Announces the Departure of Jason Rhodes from its Board of Directors
WOBURN, Mass., June 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Replimune Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: REPL), a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a
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[{"type":"text","content":"WOBURN, Mass., June 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Replimune Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: REPL), a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of a novel class of tumor-directed oncolytic immunotherapies, today announced Jason Rhodes, partner at Atlas Venture, has resigned from the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Rhodes joined the Replimune Board in 2015, concurrent with Atlas Venture leading Replimune’s Series A financing. Mr. Rhodes has resigned to focus his efforts on his growing commitments at Atlas Venture, including the recent launch of its new fund, announced in March 2022. “It has been a pleasure working with Jason and I would personally like to thank both he and Atlas Venture for their support in terms of both capital formation and company-building advice,” said Philip Astley-Sparke, Chief Executive Officer of Replimune. “We are grateful for Jason’s service and I am joined by other directors and members of Replimune’s executive team in wishing him well.” “I am proud to have served on the Board since leading Replimune’s Series A financing. When we first invested, we saw the substantial potential of oncolytic immunotherapy to improve patient outcomes in a variety of cancer types. Since that time, Replimune has established itself as the leader in the field, and it is our continued expectation that the Company will successfully establish its product candidates as a new cornerstone of immuno-oncology,” said Mr. Rhodes. “I look forward to following their progress as they look to unveil important data sets over the next 12 months.” About Replimune Replimune Group, Inc., headquartered in Woburn, MA, was founded in 2015 with the mission to transform cancer treatment by pioneering the development of novel tumor-directed oncolytic immunotherapies. Replimune’s proprietary RPx platform is based on a potent HSV-1 backbone with payloads added to maximize immunogenic cell death and the induction of a systemic anti-tumor immune response. The RPx platform offers a unique dual, local and systemic, mechanism of action (MOA) consisting of direct selective virus-mediated killing of the tumor resulting in the release of tumor derived antigens and altering of the tumor microenvironment (TME) to ignite a strong and durable systemic response. This MOA is expected to be synergistic with most established and experimental cancer treatme...