Tricida, Inc announced the hiring of Dawn Parsell, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of Clinical Development. Dr. Parsell will lead Tricida’s clinical development of TRC101 as the company prepares to begin its VALOR-CKD confirmatory postmarketing trial and submit a New Drug Application (NDA) under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Accelerated Approval Program. Dr. Parsell has over 24 years of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry experience, where she has been involved in the successful development and approval of nine FDA-approved drugs. She has served as an independent regulatory consultant to the industry since 2001, providing strategic and tactical clinical and regulatory support to her clients, including assisting in the design and implementation of Tricida’s TRC101 development program. From 1994 to 2001, Dr. Parsell worked at Connetics Corporation in discovery, clinical development and regulatory affairs positions, most recently as Director of Regulatory Affairs.