BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. Appoints June Bray to its Board of Directors
March 01, 2021 at 10:13 am EST
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BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of June Bray to its Board of Directors. Ms. Bray brings over forty years of extensive U.S. and global regulatory experience in the healthcare industry and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs and Medical Writing at Allergan. In her role at Allergan (formerly Actavis/Forest Research Institute), Ms. Bray was responsible for regulatory strategies on development projects and lifecycle management in all therapeutic areas, including psychiatry and neurology, overseeing more than 400 employees globally. During her tenure, she led numerous NDA approvals, including Namenda XR(R), Namzaric(R), Vraylar(R), and Ubrelvy(R). Previously, Ms. Bray served as Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Organon (now Merck), where she led regulatory activities for development and marketed products, including the NDA for Saprhis(R) (asenapine) for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Earlier in her career, Ms. Bray held numerous roles of increasing responsibility over a 25-year period at Berlex Laboratories, Inc. (now Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals).
BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence to develop medicines in neuroscience. Its subsidiary, OnkosXcel Therapeutics, develops medicines in immuno-oncology. The Companyâs most advanced neuroscience candidate, BXCL501, is an investigational, proprietary, orally dissolving film formulation of Dex in development for the treatment of agitation associated with psychiatric and neurological disorders. It is continuing to develop BXCL501 for the potential acute treatment of agitation associated with bipolar disorders or schizophrenia in the at-home setting and for the potential acute treatment of agitation (non-daily) associated with dementia due to probable Alzheimers disease in the at-home setting and in care facilities. Its most advanced immuno-oncology candidate, BXCL701, is an investigational oral innate immune activator for the treatment of aggressive forms of prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, and other solid and liquid tumors.