Geovax Labs, Inc. Appoints Mark J. Newman as Chief Scientific Officer
August 26, 2020 at 09:00 am EDT
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GeoVax Labs, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark J. Newman, Ph.D. as Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Newman, who previously served the company as vice president of research and development from 2010 to 2013, joins GeoVax on a half-time basis. The other portion of his working time will be devoted primarily to his work at NewMark Diagnostics, which he founded in 2016. Prior, he served senior management positions at PaxVax, Pharmexa A/S, Epimmune, Vaxcel, Apollon, and Cambridge Biotech. During his 30-year career he shepherded the development of experimental vaccine and adjuvant products through preclinical research and into Phase 1 & 2 clinical testing. He is widely published in peer review publications and holds 10 U.S. patents. He holds a dual B.Sc/M.Sc. degree in Agriculture and Pre-Veterinary Medicine from the Ohio State University and earned his Ph.D. in Immunology at the John Curtin School for Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra.
GeoVax Labs, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing human vaccines and immunotherapies against infectious diseases and solid tumor cancers using proprietary platforms. Its product pipeline includes ongoing human clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine and a gene-directed therapy against advanced head and neck cancers. Its additional research and development programs include preventive vaccines against Mpox and smallpox, hemorrhagic fever viruses (Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan and Marburg), Zika virus and malaria, as well as immunotherapies for multiple solid tumors. The Companyâs portfolio of wholly owned, co-owned, and in-licensed intellectual property, stands at over 155 granted or pending patent applications spread over 24 patent families. Its product candidate includes GEO-CM04S1, GEO-CM02, Gedeptin, MVA-VLP-MUC1, GEO-ZM02 and others. Its lead infectious disease candidate is GEO-CM04S1, a COVID-19 vaccine targeting high-risk immunocompromised patient populations.
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