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Inotek Pharmaceuticals Hires Emma Reeve
as Chief Financial Officer
BEVERLY, MA
March 9, 2006
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced today that
it has hired Emma Reeve as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.
For nearly 20 years, Ms. Reeve has led finance and operations functions
in small and large, public and private companies. In 1994, Ms. Reeve
joined Bristol-Myers Squibb, where she held various financial management
positions at both the divisional and corporate level including her
final position as Assistant Controller – Financial Analysis.
In 2002, she left BMS to join an emerging oncology biotechnology firm,
Aton Pharma, Inc., as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.
Aside from her responsibilities in finance and operations at Aton,
she was also a lead member of the team that sold the company to Merck
& Co., Inc. in March of 2004. Following the acquisition of Aton,
Ms. Reeve joined the Merck Research Laboratories’ Boston team
as site head of Research Operations. In this role, Ms. Reeve and her
team supported all aspects of the growth of the site from initial
occupancy to the delivery of pre-clinical candidates in oncology.
“I am excited that Emma has decided to join Inotek” commented
Dr. Andrew Salzman, Inotek’s President and CEO. “Emma
brings a tremendous amount of finance and operations management expertise
with senior management experiences at both big pharma and biotech
companies. These will be critical skills necessary for us to continue
to grow our US and global operations and prepare for an eventual public
offering. She will be a great addition to our senior management team.”
About Inotek Pharmaceuticals
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation (www.inotekcorp.com)
is a private, high-growth, development-stage pharmaceutical company.
Inotek has two products in clinical development and five other products
in pre-clinical development targeting oncology, cardiovascular, and
inflammatory diseases. The Company is pursuing indications in hospital
cardiovascular markets as well as specialty care markets including
oncology, dermatology and gastroenterology. All of Inotek’s
technologies were discovered and developed by Inotek researchers.
The Company currently has approximately 120 employees, based in its
headquarters and main laboratories in Beverly, Massachusetts and its
clinical operations and GMP manufacturing facilities in Israel.
The Company’s lead clinical program is focused on the development
of potent oral and i.v.
inhibitors of the nuclear enzyme poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase or PARP.
Inotek’s lead
PARP inhibitor has entered two Phase 2a trials in acute cardiovascular
indications as well as
several Phase 1b trials in oncology. Inotek’s other clinical
stage product, an oral anti-
inflammatory compound, entered clinical trials earlier in 2006 and
is being developed as
treatment for inflammatory bowel disease and other inflammatory conditions.
Contact:
Jeffrey T. Walsh
Chief Business Officer
Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation
w (978) 232-9660 x2388
m (978) 201-9129
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