BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Xenome Limited today
announced the appointment of Ian Nisbet, PhD as the Company's Chief
Executive Officer. Dr. Nisbet will also join Xenome's Board as Managing
Director.
Dr. Nisbet has previously worked in senior management and executive
roles in a number of biotechnology companies, including ChemGenex
Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Meditech Research Ltd, Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc,
and CSL Ltd. He is a founder and partner in the biotechnology consultancy
company Afandin Pty Ltd. He also serves on the board of the biotechnology
companies Verva Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ambri Ltd and Velacor Pty Ltd.
Xenome Chairman Ian Sandford stated, "We are delighted to have
recruited Ian Nisbet to join Xenome. The Company has just executed a major
discovery partnership with Amylin Pharmaceuticals and we will soon initiate
a Xen2174 phase II study in post-operative pain. With the leadership of
such an experienced biotechnology executive as Ian we look forward to the
coming year with tremendous excitement and confidence."
"Ian's skills and experience make him the ideal person to lead Xenome
in its next stage of development. Ian has worked in a variety of project
management, business development, product development and executive
management roles. During his time at Millennium he was project leader for
the US approval and launch of VELCADE(R) and was part of the team that
managed the merger of Millennium and COR Therapeutics in 2001. During his
period as CEO of Meditech, Ian led the negotiations with Alchemia that
resulted in the first merger of two publicly-traded Australian
biotechnology companies."
Dr. Nisbet will assume the CEO position immediately and transition from
his existing consultancy commitments over the next several months.
Further information:
Ian Nisbet, Chief Executive Officer
Xenome Ltd.
Tel: +61 431 709 121
E-mail: ian.nisbet@xenome.com
Website: http://www.xenome.com
About Xenome - Biopharmaceutical Discovery
Xenome is a biotechnology company that is focused on the discovery and
development of peptide-based therapeutics. The Company's lead product,
Xen2174, is a novel conopeptide analogue for the treatment of pain. An
international phase I/II clinical trial in patients with cancer pain is in
its final stages of completion and a phase II study in post-operative pain
is due to commence in 2008. Xen2174 is the first product to emerge from the
Company's discovery platform, which is based on a proprietary library of
venom peptides. Late in 2007 Xenome and Amylin Pharmaceuticals entered into
a partnership to screen Xenome's library for new drug candidates against
metabolic disease targets. Both Xen2174 and the Amylin partnership leverage
off Xenome's unique expertise in peptide chemistry and its ability to
translate the evolutionary advantages inherent in venom peptides into
libraries of highly bioactive molecules.
Xenome Ltd. ABN 60 081 612 384
120 Meirs Rd. Indooroopilly, Brisbane, QLD 4068, Australia
PO Box 6295, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia
ph: +61 7 3720 8055
fax: +61 7 3720 8388
web: http://www.xenome.com
email: discovery@xenome.com
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CONTACT:
Ian Nisbet, Chief Executive Officer, Xenome
Ltd., +61 431 709 121, ian.nisbet@xenome.com
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