RA’ANANA, Israel and NEW YORK, May 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UroGen Pharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: URGN ), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing advanced non-surgical treatments to address unmet needs in the field of urology, with a focus on uro-oncology, announced today the appointment of Fred E. Cohen, MD, DPhil, to its Board of Directors. Dr. Cohen will also serve on the Board’s Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee.
Arie Belldegrun, MD, UroGen Pharma’s Chairman, commented, “We are excited to welcome Fred to the UroGen Board of Directors. As one of the leaders of TPG’s healthcare efforts over the past decade, Fred has played an integral part in building many successful biotech companies and brings with him a tremendous track-record of creating tangible shareholder value. We look forward to having access to Fred’s vast industry experience and his leadership on the board.”
Dr. Cohen commented, “I am excited to be joining UroGen’s Board of Directors. UroGen is passionate about changing treatment paradigms in bladder and upper tract carcinomas with the potential to improve the lives of patients. This is a pivotal time to be joining the company. I look forward to playing a guiding role in helping UroGen to emerge as a leader in uro-oncology.”
Dr. Cohen is a Senior Advisor to TPG Capital, where he served for over 15 years as a Partner, and founder of TPG Biotechnology, a life science focused venture capital fund. In addition, for over two decades throughout his career, Dr. Cohen has been affiliated with UCSF where he held various clinical responsibilities, including as a research scientist, an internist for hospitalized patients, a consulting endocrinologist, and the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Cohen received his BS degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, his D.Phil. in Molecular Biophysics from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, and his MD from Stanford. Dr. Cohen currently serves on the Board of Directors of several biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
About UroGen Pharma Ltd.
UroGen Pharma is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing advanced non-surgical treatments to address unmet needs in the field of urology, with a focus on uro-oncology. The Company has developed RTGel, a proprietary sustained release, hydrogel-based formulation for potentially improving the efficacy and safety profiles of existing drugs. UroGen Pharma’s sustained release technology is designed to enable longer exposure of the urinary tract tissue to medications, making local therapy a potentially more effective treatment option. UroGen Pharma’s lead product candidates, MitoGel and VesiGel, are designed to potentially remove tumors by non-surgical means and to treat several forms of non-muscle invasive urothelial cancer, including low-grade UTUC and bladder cancer.
Forward Looking Statements
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