Processa Pharmaceuticals Announces Formation of Oncology Advisory Board with Renowned Key Opinion Leaders

Company To Leverage World-Class Oncology Advisory Board in the Design of Oncology Trial Protocols, Including the Anticipated Phase 2 Trial for NGC-Cap

HANOVER, MD, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCSA) (“Processa” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing the next generation of chemotherapeutic drugs to improve the efficacy and safety for patients suffering from cancer, announces the formation of its Oncology Advisory Board featuring key opinion leaders from multiple nationally-recognized institutions.

Processa’s Chief Development and Regulatory Officer and Processa founder, Sian Bigora, Pharm.D., commented, “As we continue development of our Next Generation Chemotherapy (NGC) products, it is important that we rely on the guidance of the most respected advisors in the field. We are excited about the formation of our advisory board and grateful to its respected members for their dedication toward optimizing patient care with new drugs that are distributed preferentially to cancer cells and metabolized more efficiently to molecules that have been proven to kill cancer. We expect that these NGC drugs will improve the treatment of cancer by improving not only the safety and efficacy in cancer patients, but they will also allow for more cancer patients to be treated given the improved safety-efficacy profile.”

Advisory Board members include:

• Philip A. Philip, M.D., Ph.D., Henry Ford Cancer Institute
• Mitesh Borad, M.D., Mayo Clinic
• Patrick Boland, M.D., Rutgers Cancer Institute
• Howard Hochster, M.D., F.A.C.P., Rutgers Cancer Institute
• Sunil Sharma, M.D., F.A.C.P., Translational Genomics (TGen) Research Institute
  

Philip A. Philip, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P., is Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Co-Director, Pancreatic Cancer Center, Medical Director, Research and Clinical Care Integration, Henry Ford Cancer Institute, and Professor of Oncology and Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit. Dr. Philip is an internationally renowned medical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal cancers. He focuses on new drug development and translational research in GI and neuroendocrine malignancies with a particular focus in pancreatic cancer.