Biotech Veteran Joins AerovectRx as CEO.Ed Cannon Has Track Record of Building Successful Healthcare Companies NORCROSS, Ga. -- AerovectRx Corporation, an aerosol drug delivery and therapeutics company, announced the appointment of Ed Cannon, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Cannon's initial objectives will be to engage additional corporate partners for AerovectRx' AeroCell[TM] drug delivery technology, to advance the company's initial therapeutic development program to human clinical trials and to complete a Series A financing. "Ed's decision to join AerovectRx is recognition of the value of the company's aerosol drug delivery technology platform," said P. Kathleen Lovell, Chairman of the Board for AerovectRx. "We are pleased to have attracted an individual with his record of commercial successes to lead the company in exploiting this innovative drug delivery technology." "Ed's wealth of experience, scientific credentials and business acumen will be of considerable benefit as we meet the challenges and opportunities of commercializing our AeroCell[TM] technology and advancing our therapeutics program," said Matthew H. J. Kim, J.D., founder and Vice President Licensing and Business Development of AerovectRx. "The AeroCell[TM] represents a substantial improvement for delivery of complex biological therapeutics and vaccines to the respiratory tract respiratory tract n. The air passages from the nose to the pulmonary alveoli, including the pharynx, larynx, trachea, and bronchi. Respiratory tract , and will greatly facilitate development of new disease-modifying therapies for respiratory diseases," said Dr. Cannon. "I am very pleased to join Matthew and the AerovectRx team and look forward to working with them to move this important technology into the marketplace." Dr. Cannon has previously been President, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and a director of small molecule biopharmaceutical companies AdipoGenix and Elixir elixir /elix·ir/ (e-lik´ser) a clear, sweetened, alcohol-containing, usually hydroalcoholic liquid containing flavoring substances and sometimes active medicinal ingredients. e·lix·ir n. Pharmaceuticals, a founder, director, and President Therapeutics Division, of Dyax Corp., a public biotherapeutics company, and founder, director and CSO (Chief Security Officer) The person in charge of all staff members who are responsible for promulgating, enforcing and administering security policies for all systems within an enterprise or division. of Hygeia Sciences, the leading developer worldwide of monoclonal antibody-based home diagnostic products. He earned his doctorate in biochemistry at the University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. , trained in molecular immunology at Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. and has held faculty positions at Brandeis University and University of Massachusetts Medical School UMMS is ranked fourth in primary care education among the nation’s 125 medical schools in the 2006 U.S.News & World Report annual guide, “America’s Best Graduate Schools”. UMMS is also a major center for research. . AerovectRx is a spin out from the Center for Disease Control ("CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation "). The company's AeroCell[TM] products are based on patented technology exclusively licensed from the CDC and utilize state of art vibrating vibrating, v using quivering hand motions made across the client's body for therapeutic purposes. microporous mesh technology integrated with a unit dose medication cartridge as a disposable-consumable to reliably and efficiently deliver complex biologics and vaccines as well as small molecule drugs to the respiratory tract. These features eliminate maintenance, reduce risk of re-infection, and improve dosage control. Pulmonary, or inhaled, delivery of therapeutics and vaccines is optimal for treating and/or preventing respiratory diseases. Additionally, inhaled delivery will be preferred in certain nonrespiratory diseases as an alternative to injection, to achieve rapid onset of activity or to avoid GI side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. and/or GI and first pass hepatic metabolism. The annual market for inhaled drug delivery is currently estimated at $20 billion. About AerovectRx AerovectRx Corporation is an aerosol drug delivery and therapeutics company. The company's AeroCell[TM] aerosolization products provide reliable, efficient delivery of complex biologics, including vaccines, and small molecule drugs to the respiratory tract. AerovectRx commercializes AeroCell[TM] technology through partnerships for respiratory delivery of its partners' high value therapeutic products and also exploits the technology in its own therapeutic development programs. For more information, visit www.aerovectrx.com. |
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