NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the company's Board of Directors appointed Seth Van Voorhees, Ph.D. as Chief Financial Officer effective June 13, 2022. Dr. Van Voorhees most recently served as CFO of PDS Biotechnology during which he completed several financing transactions in 2021. Prior to joining PDS Biotechnology, he spent 10 years as the CFO for Research Frontiers and for American Pacific.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Van Voorhees worked in investment banking supporting chemical/pharmaceutical clients at Merrill Lynch, UBS Warburg, and Wasserstein Perella. He received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia University.