Acrivon Therapeutics Appoints Seasoned Industry Executive Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch, Ph.D., J.D., to Board of Directors
08 Febrero 2024 - 7:00AM
Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc. (“Acrivon” or “Acrivon Therapeutics”)
(Nasdaq: ACRV), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company
developing precision oncology medicines that it matches to patients
whose tumors are predicted to be sensitive to each specific
medicine by utilizing its proprietary proteomics-based patient
responder identification platform, Acrivon Predictive Precision
Proteomics or AP3, today announced the appointment of Ivana
Magovčević-Liebisch, Ph.D., J.D., to its board of directors.
“We are excited to welcome Ivana to our board of directors,”
said Peter Blume-Jensen, M.D., Ph.D., chief executive officer,
president, and founder of Acrivon Therapeutics. “She brings more
than 25 years of experience spanning global business and R&D
operations, including leading partnering activities,
commercialization, research and development, as well as counseling
on regulatory, legal and IP strategies. Her diverse and substantial
expertise will benefit us as we advance our pipeline of novel
compounds.”
Dr. Magovčević-Liebisch is the president and chief executive
officer at Vigil Neuroscience, Inc., where she led the in-licensing
deal that secured the company’s anchor assets from Amgen. Under her
strong leadership, Vigil has evolved from inception through IPO, to
an organization with two clinical-stage development programs. Prior
to Vigil, Dr. Magovčević-Liebisch was the executive vice president
and chief business officer at Ipsen where she was responsible for
growing the pipeline through strategic transactions. Before joining
Ipsen, Dr. Magovčević-Liebisch served as senior vice president and
head of global business development for the specialty drug business
at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. where she executed multiple
transactions across different therapeutic areas and modalities.
Prior to Teva, Dr. Magovčević-Liebisch held multiple pivotal roles
at Dyax including executive vice president, chief operating
officer, chief business officer, and general counsel. During her
time, she established the commercial infrastructure for the
company’s first approved drug with high-touch patient services,
developed and executed IP strategy for a successful licensing
program as well as equity financings, revenue monetization,
corporate partnerships, and licensing agreements. Dr.
Magovčević-Liebisch has served on the Board of Directors of Absci,
Aeglea Therapeutics and Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation.
She holds a Ph.D. in genetics from Harvard University and a J.D. in
high technology law from Suffolk University Law School. She
graduated from Wheaton College with a B.A. (summa cum laude) in
biology and chemistry.
Dr. Magovčević-Liebisch added, “I am inspired by the pursuit of
innovation, and I believe that Acrivon’s AP3 platform is poised to
make a major impact in the field of precision medicine. I look
forward to working with Peter, the board, and the executive team to
develop multiple promising drug candidates to improve patient
lives.”
About Acrivon Therapeutics Acrivon is a
clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing precision
oncology medicines that it matches to patients whose tumors are
predicted to be sensitive to each specific medicine by utilizing
Acrivon’s proprietary proteomics-based patient responder
identification platform, Acrivon Predictive Precision Proteomics,
or AP3. The AP3 platform is engineered to measure compound-specific
effects on the entire tumor cell protein signaling network and
drug-induced resistance mechanisms in an unbiased manner. These
distinctive capabilities enable AP3’s direct application for drug
design optimization for monotherapy activity, the identification of
rational drug combinations, and the creation of drug-specific
proprietary OncoSignature companion diagnostics that are used to
identify the patients most likely to benefit from Acrivon’s drug
candidates. Acrivon is currently advancing its lead candidate,
ACR-368, a selective small molecule inhibitor targeting CHK1 and
CHK2 in a potentially registrational Phase 2 trial across multiple
tumor types. The company has received Fast Track designation from
the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for the investigation of
ACR-368 as monotherapy based on OncoSignature-predicted sensitivity
in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian or endometrial cancer.
Acrivon’s ACR-368 OncoSignature test, which has not yet obtained
regulatory approval, has been extensively evaluated in preclinical
studies, including in two separate, blinded, prospectively-designed
studies on pretreatment tumor biopsies collected from past
third-party Phase 2 trials in patients with ovarian cancer treated
with ACR-368. The FDA has granted Breakthrough Device designation
for the ACR-368 OncoSignature assay for the identification of
ovarian cancer patients who may benefit from ACR-368 treatment. In
addition to ACR-368, Acrivon is also leveraging its proprietary AP3
precision medicine platform for developing its
co-crystallography-driven, internally-discovered preclinical stage
pipeline programs, including its development candidate, ACR-2316, a
selective, dual WEE1/PKMYT1 inhibitor, and an undisclosed cell
cycle program.
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