LOS ALTOS, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- InteKrin Therapeutics Inc. announced today that Linda Slanec Higgins, PhD has been named Chief Operating Officer. Since late 2007, Dr. Higgins has served as InteKrin’s Chief Scientific Officer after joining the Company earlier that year. Over the past two years, Dr. Higgins has had increasingly broad operational and strategic responsibility in key areas including CMC and dosage form development, Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Development and Product Development.
“I am very pleased to have contributed to the advancement of this important therapeutic,” said Dr. Higgins. “We at InteKrin look forward to completing our Phase 2b efforts and moving on into Phase 3.”
About InteKrin (www.InteKrin.com)
InteKrin Therapeutics is a privately-held clinical-stage drug development company focused on diabetes, obesity and metabolic disease. InteKrin’s business strategy is to build a robust portfolio of high value products by in-licensing clinical-stage therapeutic candidates that address significant unmet medical needs and rapidly move them through critical development stages. InteKrin’s team of world-class scientific and medical experts includes veterans from several successful BioPharma organizations, internationally recognized experts in nuclear receptors and metabolism, top scientists formerly with the Food and Drug Administration and key clinical and commercialization leaders.
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CONTACT: Heather Zimmerman of InteKrin Therapeutics Inc., +1-650-941-5501
Web site: http://www.InteKrin.com/
