Plus Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Brain Cancer Clinical Advisory Team
October 02, 2020 at 07:00 am EDT
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Plus Therapeutics, Inc. announced the appointment of five leading experts in the fields of neurological surgery and neuro-oncology to its Clinical Advisory Board (CAB). The CAB will advise the Company as it advances its nanoscale radiotherapeutics to treat rare brain and neurological cancers. New members of Plus’ CAB include: Manish Aghi, Nicholas Butowski, Russell Lonser, Alireza Mohammadi and Michael Vogelbaum.
Plus Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. The Company is developing targeted radiotherapeutics with advanced platform technologies for central nervous system (CNS) cancers. The Company combines image-guided local beta radiation and targeted drug delivery approaches. The Company is advancing a pipeline of product candidates with lead programs in recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) and leptomeningeal metastases (LM). Its radiotherapeutic candidate, rhenium (186Re) obisbemeda, is designed specifically for CNS cancers including GBM, LM, and pediatric brain cancers (PBC). The Companyâs Rhenium (186Re) obisbemeda, a novel injectable radiotherapy designed to deliver targeted, high dose radiation directly into GBM tumors. Its radiotherapeutic candidate, Rhenium-188 NanoLiposome Biodegradable Alginate Microsphere (188RNL-BAM), is designed to treat many solid organ cancers.