Thijs Spoor Appointed Chairman of the Board of FluoroPharma Medical, Inc.
15 Juin 2012 - 10:12PM
FluoroPharma Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:FPMI), a company specializing in
the development of novel diagnostic imaging products that utilize
positron emission tomography (PET) technology for the detection and
assessment of disease before clinical manifestation, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Thijs Spoor, to the position of
Chairman of the Board. Mr. Spoor will assume the role formerly held
by Dr. David Elmaleh, who has left the company. Mr. Spoor will also
continue as President and CEO.
Mr. Spoor was appointed President and CEO of FluoroPharma Inc.
on September 15, 2010. He was previously CFO for Sunstone
BioSciences. Prior to joining Sunstone BioSciences, he worked as a
consultant at Oliver Wyman, focusing on pharmaceutical and medical
device companies. Mr. Spoor has also been an equity research
analyst at J.P. Morgan and Credit Suisse, covering the
Biotechnology and Medical Device industries. Mr. Spoor worked in
the pharmaceutical industry, spending 10 years with Amersham / GE
Healthcare where he oversaw the nuclear cardiology portfolio and
most recently as the Director of New Product Opportunities leading
the PET strategic plan.
Mr. Spoor holds a Nuclear Pharmacy degree from the University of
Toronto as well as an M.B.A. from Columbia University with
concentrations in finance and accounting.
About FluoroPharma Medical
FluoroPharma is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the
discovery and development of proprietary PET imaging products to
evaluate cardiac disease at the cellular and molecular levels. The
Company has licensed technology from the Massachusetts General
Hospital in Boston.
The Company's goal is to enable personalized medicine through
advanced imaging products that will help the medical community
diagnose disease more accurately at the earliest stages, leading to
more effective treatment, management and better patient
outcomes.
The Company's initial focus is the development of breakthrough
positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents for the efficient
detection and assessment of acute and chronic forms of coronary
artery disease (CAD). FluoroPharma is advancing two products in
clinical trials for assessment of acute and chronic forms of
coronary disease. These first in class agents have been designed to
rapidly target myocardial cells. Other products in development
include agents for detection of inflamed atherosclerotic plaque in
peripheral arteries, agents with the potential to image Alzheimer's
disease and agents that could potentially be used for imaging
specific cancers.
In addition to the United States, Europe and China, patents
related to FluoroPharma's portfolio of imaging compounds have been
issued in Japan, Canada, Australia, Finland, Portugal, Ireland and
Mexico. For more information on the Company, please visit:
www.fluoropharma.com
CONTACT: Carol J. Perlman
cperlman@fluoropharma.com
917-592-9260
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