Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. Announces Board Changes, Effective January 1, 2018
December 14, 2017 at 07:01 am EST
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Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of Matthew A. Wikler, M.D., M.B.A., FIDSA, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Wikler will replace current Board member, Stefano Ferrari, effective January 1, 2018. Dr. Wikler is a senior healthcare physician executive and therapeutic expert in infectious diseases, who has successfully and ethically developed multiple pharmaceutical products in the biopharmaceutical industry over the past thirty-three years of his career. He joins the Matinas Board with broad experience in strategically positioning technology through scientifically and commercially assessing products and building leading teams that have a passion for developing drugs that are aligned with the commercialization process to benefit patients. Dr. Wikler currently serves as the Principal of Infectious Disease Technology Development Consulting (IDTD Consulting) where he provides clinical, medical and regulatory strategic insight to companies developing new technologies for the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases.
Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on delivering groundbreaking therapies using its lipid nanocrystal (LNC) platform delivery technology (LNC Platform). Its lead product candidate is MAT2203 (oral amphotericin B), a highly potent antifungal drug which, by virtue of LNC delivery, has been made oral, safe, and well-tolerated for prolonged administration in patients with life-threatening invasive fungal infections. MAT2203 is now positioned for a single, Phase III registration trial (the ORALTO trial) in support of a New Drug Application (NDA) for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis in patients with limited treatment options. It is expanding the utilization of the LNC Platform with small molecules and small oligonucleotides outside of infectious disease, targeting inflammation and oncology. It is also investigating a variety of LNC formulations of two small oligonucleotides designed to target inflammatory cytokines IL-17A and TNFα.