BOD appointments are two very experienced executives who will help NWBO in US and Europe with more contacts for quality financing as well asadditional experience and guidance in bringing the DCVax science to market. This is very good news and just strengthens my belief in where they are going right now through 2012 and into 2013. JMO
Dr. Navid Malik is the Head of Life Sciences Research for Cenkos Securities Plc. in the UK, and has been one of the most influential analysts in the UK and Europe over the last decade, covering the life sciences industry worldwide. In 2011, Dr. Malik was awarded two Starmine Awards (awarded each year by Thomson Reuters and the Financial Times): Number One Stock Picker in the European Pharmaceutical Sector, and Number Two Stock Picker in the UK and Ireland Healthcare Sector. Dr. Malik has built life science teams and franchises at multiple large financial institutions in London, which completed IPOs and secondary stock offerings for small biotech and life sciences companies totaling over $700 million in recent years, and which also initiated research coverage on dozens of small life sciences companies in addition to covering large pharmaceutical, biologics and healthcare companies. Dr. Malik holds a PhD in Drug Delivery within Pharmaceutical Sciences, as well as degrees in Biomedical Sciences Research (M.Sc.) and Biochemistry and Physiology (B.Sc., joint honors). Dr. Malik also holds an MBA in finance.
Mr. Jasinowski is a nationally recognized chief executive who headed up the largest industrial trade association in the US (the National Association of Manufacturers) for fourteen years, and has decades of experience in leading public and private organizations. He also has extensive board experience across a wide range of manufacturing, technology, and financial firms, including Fortune 1000 and Fortune 500 companies. His board service includes experience on financial, audit and nominating committees. Mr. Jasinowski was also the founder and longtime President of the Manufacturing Institute, providing information and services to the nation's manufacturers. He has extensive experience in economic and strategic analysis, and has authored two books about US-based manufacturing and business. He is extremely knowledgeable about Washington, DC policy and regulatory affairs relating to a wide range of industries.
"Navid Malik and Jerry Jasinowski bring outstanding expertise, and long and diverse business experience, which will be of great value to NW Bio as we continue to ramp up execution of our business plan and clinical trials in the US and Europe, build investor confidence, and enhance shareholder value," commented Linda Powers, CEO of NW Bio. "These two highly accomplished professionals come to NW Bio with the shared vision that DCVax® immune therapies may have the potential to substantially extend the time until progression or recurrence of patients' tumors, and the potential to substantially extend patients' survival times, without debilitating side effects. We are excited to have Dr. Malik and Mr. Jasinowski join the NW Bio team working toward this vision."
