Starlight Therapeutics Announces Inaugural Members of Scientific Advisory Board
05 Noviembre 2024 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Starlight Therapeutics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lantern
Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: LTRN), formed to develop transformative
CNS cancer treatments with AI-powered innovation, announced today
the formation of a Scientific Advisory Board (“SAB”) to support the
development of lead compound STAR-001. The inaugural SAB will work
closely with Starlight’s management team to provide strategic
guidance and critical expert insights into the development of
STAR-001 in CNS and brain tumors for both children and adults.
“The establishment of the SAB represents a significant
advancement for Starlight, and we are honored to be joined by such
accomplished scientific experts. We look forward to drawing upon
the deep subject matter expertise of Drs. Berger, DeAngelis,
Grossman and Laterra, to shape the development path of STAR-001,”
said Dr. Marc Chamberlain, M.D., Starlight’s Chief Medical Officer.
“We also extend congratulations to Drs. Berger and Grossman on
being recipients of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Society of Neuro-oncology. Congratulations!”
The SAB includes (in alphabetical order):
- Dr. Mitchel S.
Berger, M.D., is the chair of the Department of
Neurosurgery, director of the Brain Tumor Center, director of
Center for Neurological Injury and Repair and, co-director of Adult
Brain Tumor Surgery Program at UCSF. Dr. Berger is a nationally
recognized expert in treating brain and spinal cord tumors and
tumor-related epilepsy in adults and children. He is a specialist
in brain mapping techniques to identify and preserve motor, sensory
and language function during surgery and, an expert in using Gamma
Knife, a precise, noninvasive radiation beam tool for tumor
treatment. Dr. Berger has completed American Cancer Society
fellowships in neuro-oncology at UCSF, research fellowship by the
Brain Tumor Research Center, and in pediatric neurosurgery at the
Hospital for Sick Children at University of Toronto. Dr. Berger was
elected to American Association of Neurological Surgeons' board of
directors and appointed to American Board of Neurological
Surgery.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/mitchel.berger
- Dr. Lisa M.
DeAngelis, M.D., is the Chief Physician Executive and
Scott M. and Lisa G. Stuart Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center (MSKCC). Dr. DeAngelis oversees all clinical
services, research, medical education, and multi-center
collaborations, including the 500-bed Memorial Hospital, 13
outpatient facilities, and seven regional care sites across NY and
NJ. Dr. DeAngelis is an internationally recognized expert in brain
cancer and neurological complications of cancer treatment,
including cognitive impairment and stroke. Dr. DeAngelis served as
chair of the Department of Neurology at MSKCC from 1997 to 2018,
and co-founded MSK’s Brain Tumor Center, where experts from across
MSKCC work to bring discoveries from the lab to patients. Dr.
DeAngelis’ research has focused on primary brain tumors and led
clinical trials to investigate new tumor therapies. Dr. DeAngelis
has helped to develop the current regimen to treat primary CNS
lymphoma, has authored over 350 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 130 book
chapters and has written or edited eight books. Dr. DeAngelis is an
elected member of National Academy of Medicine, fellow and former
Vice Chair of American Neurological Association (ANA) and fellow of
American Academy of Neurology (AAN), which in 2019 awarded her the
organization’s highest honor, the Wartenberg Lecture.
https://www.mskcc.org/profile/lisa-deangelis
- Dr. Stuart
Grossman, M.D., is Professor of Oncology at the Johns
Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, is co-Leader of the Brain Cancer
Program and has directed the clinical and research neuro-oncology
efforts at Johns Hopkins since 1981. He has served as Principal
Investigator and Director of the Central Operations office of the
National Cancer Institute-funded Phase I/II brain tumor consortia
(New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy CNS Consortium and the Adult
Brain Tumor Consortium) for the past 22 years. He has led many
Phase I, II, and III institutional and cooperative group
translational and clinical brain cancer research projects. Dr.
Grossman's expertise is in brain cancers, translational and
clinical research, and directing large, multicenter,
multidisciplinary clinical trial groups and training programs.
https://profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org/provider/stuart-grossman/2707207
- Dr. John Laterra,
MD, Ph.D., is a Professor of Neurology, Oncology and
Neuroscience and Co-Director of the Brain Cancer Disease Group at
the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Dr. Laterra is
internationally recognized for his clinical expertise and research
on mechanisms of brain tumor malignancy, tumor vascular biology and
the identification of new therapeutic targets in gliomas. Dr.
Laterra’s research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of
patients with primary brain tumors and neurological complications
of systemic cancer and is funded by the National Institutes of
Health and numerous private foundations.
https://profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org/provider/john-j-laterra/2706899
About Starlight Therapeutics:
Starlight Therapeutics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lantern
Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: LTRN). Lead program is STAR-001, a unique
blood-brain barrier permeable small molecule that utilizes its
powerful mechanism of action and synthetic lethality to exploit
common vulnerabilities in CNS cancers with DNA damage repair (DDR)
deficiencies. STAR-001 has the potential to be the first new drug
for treating GBM since 2003. The anti-tumor potential of STAR-001
has been demonstrated across an extensive number of in-vitro and
in-vivo CNS cancer models, including GBM, brain metastases,
atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (ATRT) and, has been presented at
leading conferences and publications including: Society for
Neuro-Oncology annual meeting, American Association for Cancer
Research annual meeting, and Frontiers in Drug Discovery
Journal.
Please find more information at:
- Website: https://www.starlightthera.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/starlightthera/
- X: @starlighttherapeutics
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