Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
|---|---|
| 2017-04-10 | Ronald A. Martell has served on our Board since December 2016. Mr. Martell has more than 25 years’ experience building and managing unique businesses in the biotech industry. Mr. Martell is currently a founder of Achieve Life Sciences, ORCA BioSystems, Inc. and Cetya Therapeutics, Inc. Most recently he served as Chief Executive Officer of Sevion Therapeutics and Executive Chairman of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Sevion, Mr. Martell was President and CEO of NeurogesX, Inc. and sold the company’s assets to Acorda Therapeutics. Prior to NeurogesX he was Chief Executive Officer of Poniard Pharmaceuticals. Before joining Poniard he served as Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations at ImClone Systems. Mr. Martell built ImClone Systems’ Commercial Operations and field sales force to market and commercialize Erbitux® with partners Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck KGaA. Prior to joining ImClone Systems, Mr. Martell worked for ten years at Genentech, Inc., or Genentech, in a variety of positions, the last of which was Group Manager, Oncology Products. At Genentech, he was responsible for the launch of Herceptin® for metastatic HER-2 positive breast cancer and Rituxan® for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Mr. Martell’s qualifications to sit on our Board include his executive experience working for life sciences companies, his extensive experience in pharmaceutical business development, his knowledge, understanding of and experience in developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products, and his service on other public company boards and committees. |
| 2018-04-06 | Mr. Martell has more than 25 years’ experience building and managing unique businesses in the biotech industry... Mr. Martell’s qualifications to sit on our Board include his executive experience working for life sciences companies, his extensive experience in pharmaceutical business development, his knowledge, understanding of and experience in developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products, and his service on other public company boards and committees. |
| 2019-04-19 | Mr. Martell has more than 25 years’ experience building and managing unique businesses in the biotech industry. Mr. Martell’s qualifications to sit on our Board include his executive experience working for life sciences companies, his extensive experience in pharmaceutical business development, his knowledge, understanding of and experience in developing and commercializing pharmaceutical products, and his service on other public company boards and committees. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2026-02-03