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HOUSTON, Aug. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bio-Path Holdings, Inc.(BPTH), , a biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary DNAbilize® antisense RNAi nanoparticle technology to develop a portfolio of targeted nucleic acid cancer drugs, today announced the appointment of Jason B. Fleming, M.D., F.A.C.S., to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Fleming to our scientific advisory board. As a leader in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers, Dr. Fleming will be able to offer substantial insight as we seek to advance our lead drug candidate prexigebersen and our third drug candidate, BP1003, towards the clinic for the treatment of pancreatic cancer,” said Peter Nielsen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bio-Path(BPTH).
“As a surgeon, I am committed to improving treatment options for patients with unmet medical need. I am particularly excited by Bio-Path’s innovative drug candidates that have demonstrated the potential to transform the treatment of pancreatic cancer. I look forward to working with my new colleagues to help advance DNAbilize™ and offer meaningful new treatments for patients,” commented Dr. Fleming.
Dr. Fleming is the Chair and Program Director of the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center. Prior to joining Moffitt, Dr. Fleming was a professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he served as Chief of Pancreas Surgery and Executive Director of Perioperative Services. In addition to these responsibilities, Dr. Fleming developed a novel patient-derived preclinical tumor model in which he tested new drug candidates for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Preclinical testing in Dr. Fleming’s model have shown both prexigebersen and BP1003 to successfully penetrate pancreatic tumors and to significantly enhance the efficacy of standard frontline treatments. Bio-Path(BPTH) intends to include pancreatic cancer tumors in the Phase 1 clinical trial of prexigebersen solid tumors which is expected to initiate before the end of 2018.
Dr. Fleming received his M.D. from the University of Tennessee Centerof Health Science. He completed his clinical residency in general surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Fleming also completed a fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a clinical fellowship in surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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