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Aadi Bioscience Appoints Mohammad Hirmand, M.D. to Board of Directors
LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AADI), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and
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[{"type":"text","content":"LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AADI), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing precision therapies for genetically-defined cancers with alterations in mTOR pathway genes, today announced the appointment of Mohammad Hirmand, M.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Hirmand has more than 20 years of biotechnology clinical development experience, and recently served as executive vice president and chief medical officer for Turning Point Therapeutics, which was acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) for $4.1 billion in August 2022.\n\"We welcome Mohammad to our Board at an exciting time for Aadi, as we advance the development of FYARRO for unmet clinical needs beyond our approved indication of PEComa. Mohammad is a world-class clinical development leader in oncology and will be a great complement to our board and partner with our highly experienced team,\" said Caley Castelein, M.D., Aadi Board Chairman. \"Mohammad has been instrumental in the development of Medivation's Xtandi and Welireg (belzutifan), when at Peloton Therapeutics. Most recently, he led the development of Turning Point Therapeutics' clinical pipeline including the tyrosine kinase inhibitor repotrectinib prior to the company's acquisition by BMS. We look forward to working together and to his contributions as we drive toward continued growth and clinical expansion here at Aadi.\"\nDr. Hirmand is a co-founder of Avenzo Therapeutics, a privately held oncology company, and serves as its executive vice president and chief medical officer. Previously, Dr. Hirmand served as executive vice president and chief medical officer of Turning Point Therapeutics, a publicly traded precision oncology company, where he was responsible for all development functions from December 2019 until its acquisition by BMS in August 2022.\n\"I am excited to join Aadi's Board of Directors in their mission to unlock the potential of nab-sirolimus in addressing mTOR-driven diseases,\" said Dr. Hirmand. \"Aadi's PRECISION-1 trial studying nab-sirolimus in solid tumors with TSC1 and TSC2 inactivating alterations represents an exciting potential advancement in targeted oncology. I look forward to working with the outstanding Aadi team to transform the lives of patients living with cancer.\"\nDr. Hirmand also served a...