MedinCell: US Pharma Development Expert Richard Malamut, MD Becomes Chief Medical Officer

• Dr. Rick Malamut is an expert in regulatory processes and drug development
• He oversaw the early clinical strategy of mdc-IRM at Teva (2013-2016)
• He is a former member of MedinCell’s Medical Advisory Board and MedinCell’s board of directors’ observer
• He joins MedinCell as part of the newly created US subsidiary

MONTPELLIER, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

MedinCell (Paris:MEDCL):

"After working as an active member of the Medical Advisory Board of MedinCell, I am delighted to be joining full time the company as a CMO at a time when its first product is in the final stage of the FDA approval process. I look forward to contribute to the success of the other programs in MedinCell’s pipeline.

MedinCell’s breakthrough technology allows for significant clinical improvements to existing medications and will provide meaningful benefits to patients across a broad range of therapeutic indications," said Dr Malamut.

“I am truly delighted. We’ve known Richard since 2013 when he was at Teva. Richard is going to bring MedinCell his deep knowledge of U.S. regulatory processes and clinical development, as well as be instrumental in evaluating new opportunities. He is an expert in both central nervous system and pain, where we are very active," said Christophe Douat, CEO of MedinCell. His input will be major for the next stage of the company as more and more of our programs have reached regulatory stage, and more to come, with most of clinical development activities conducted in the U.S.”

About Dr. Richard Malamut

Before joining MedinCell as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Richard Malamut was Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President at Collegium Pharmaceuticals and Chairman of MedinCell Medical Advisory Board. He also served as Chief Medical Officer for both Braeburn Pharmaceuticals and Avanir Pharmaceuticals. Previously, from 2013 to 2016, he was the Senior Vice President of Global Clinical Development for Pain, Neuropsychiatry, Oncology, and New Therapeutic Entities at Teva Pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, he had multiple roles with increasing responsibilities at Bristol-Myers and AstraZeneca focused on early clinical development and translational medicine.

Dr. Malamut earned his medical degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia and completed both a residency in Neurology and a fellowship in neuromuscular disease. He worked as a board-certified academic and clinical neurologist for 17 years and has more than 50 publications in the fields of pain medicine, neuromuscular disease, autonomic disease, and neurodegenerative disease.

About MedinCell

MedinCell is a pharmaceutical company at premarketing stage that develops a portfolio of long-acting injectable products in various therapeutic areas by combining its proprietary BEPO^® technology with active ingredients already known and marketed. Through the controlled and extended release of the active pharmaceutical ingredient, MedinCell makes medical treatments more efficient, particularly thanks to improved compliance, i.e. compliance with medical prescriptions, and to a significant reduction in the quantity of medication required as part of a one-off or chronic treatment. The BEPO^® technology makes it possible to control and guarantee the regular delivery of a drug at the optimal therapeutic dose for several days, weeks or months starting from the subcutaneous or local injection of a simple deposit of a few millimeters, fully bioresorbable. MedinCell collaborate with tier one pharmaceuticals companies and foundations to improve Global Health through new therapeutic options. Based in Montpellier, MedinCell currently employs more than 140 people representing over 25 different nationalities.
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