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Soligenix Announces Appointment of Diane L. Parks to its Board of Directors
PRINCETON, N.J., July 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n PRINCETON, N.J., July 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need, announced today the appointment of Ms. Diane L. Parks to its Board of Directors. \n\"We are pleased to welcome Ms. Parks to the Soligenix Board,\" stated Christopher J. Schaber, PhD, President and CEO of Soligenix. \"As Soligenix looks forward to potential product approval, we intend to leverage Ms. Park's extensive business and commercialization experience in launching novel drug therapies in orphan diseases and areas of high unmet medical need. We believe her expertise will add significantly to our already diverse and experienced Board of Directors and management team. We welcome her counsel and look forward to her contributions to our future success, especially as we look to complete our pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials of SGX301 for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and SGX942 for the treatment of oral mucositis in head and neck cancer patients.\"\n\"I am truly excited to be joining the Soligenix Board of Directors at such an important time in the Company's life cycle,\" stated Ms. Parks. \"Having spent the majority of my career successfully building commercial teams and launching a number of unique drugs in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, I am quite excited to contribute to Soligenix as they begin to position themselves for potential success with their rare disease pipeline. I believe Soligenix has the potential for significant value creation with commercialization of its rare disease pipeline. I look forward to working closely with the Board and management team to maximize that potential.\" \nMs. Parks is an accomplished businesswoman and commercial executive with an extensive record of driving profitable growth for large pharmaceutical and biotech companies. With a successful career spanning more than 30 years, she served most recently as Senior Vice President and Head of US Commercial for Kite Pharma, Inc. (acquired by Gilead Sciences, Inc. for $11.9B), where she was responsible for the launch of Yescarta®, the first CAR T therapy for large B-cell lymphoma. Prior to that, she served as Vice President and Head of Global Marketing for Pharmacyclics, In...