MetaStat Appoints Martin J. Driscoll to Board of Directors
07 Avril 2015 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
Thirty Years of Biopharmaceutical Industry
Experience Includes Leadership, Development and
Commercialization
MetaStat, Inc. (OTCQB:MTST), a molecular diagnostic company
focused on developing and commercializing epigenetic-based
diagnostic tests for early and reliable prediction of systemic
metastasis, has appointed Martin J. Driscoll to its Board of
Directors, effective immediately.
Mr. Driscoll has more than 30 years of experience in the
biopharmaceutical industry. Since November 2010, he has served as
president and Chief Executive Officer of Asmacure Ltée, which is
focused on the development of small molecule cholinergic receptor
modulators for the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Previously, he
was the CEO of Javelin Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on the
development of acute care pain products. Mr. Driscoll led a
successful M&A effort at Javelin culminating in the sale of the
company to Hospira, Inc. in July 2010. Earlier in his career, he
spent 18 years at Schering-Plough, where he held various global
general management positions, including leadership of the company’s
largest division, Key Pharmaceuticals. Following his tenure at
Schering-Plough, Mr. Driscoll held senior management positions at
ViroPharma and Reliant Pharmaceuticals. He also co-founded Pear
Tree Pharmaceuticals, a privately held developer of women’s
healthcare products. Mr. Driscoll holds a B.Sc. in communications
from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mr. Driscoll said, “I believe MetaStat’s development of
innovative new tests for the prediction of systemic metastasis
represents a bold and important step forward in this area of
medicine. I look forward to working with the rest of the Board to
maximize the healthcare community’s awareness of these tests and
their significance for doctors and breast cancer patients.”
Oscar Bronsther, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of MetaStat,
said, “Martin Driscoll brings a tremendous amount of industry
experience to MetaStat, and we are truly privileged to have him
serve on our Board. We intend to draw heavily on his professional
insights as we move toward the commercialization of our MetaSite
Breast™ and MenaCalc™ tests.”
About MetaStat, Inc.
MetaStat, Inc. (MTST) is a molecular diagnostic company that
develops and commercializes diagnostic tests for early and reliable
prediction of systemic metastasis, the process by which cancer
spreads from a primary tumor through the bloodstream to other areas
of the body. MetaStat is focused on breast, prostate, lung and
colorectal cancers, where systemic metastasis is responsible for
approximately 90% of all deaths. The company’s function-based
diagnostic platform technology is based on the identification and
understanding of the pivotal role of the mena protein and its
isoforms, a common pathway for the development of systemic
metastatic disease in all epithelial-based solid tumors. Both the
MetaSite Breast™ and MenaCalc™ assays are designed to accurately
stratify patients based on their individual risk of metastasis and
to provide physicians with clinically actionable information to
better "customize" cancer treatment. MetaStat’s testing platform
improves treatment planning decisions by positively identifying
patients with a high-risk of metastasis who need aggressive therapy
and by sparing patients with a low-risk of metastasis from the
harmful side effects and expense of chemotherapy. The company is
based in Boston.
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Media:Dian Griesel Int’l. for MetaStatSusan Forman,
212-825-3210sforman@dgicomm.comorInvestors:MetaStat,
Inc.Rick Pierce, 617-714-5125Rpierce@metastat.com
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