Healthcare Industry News: etripamil
News Release - September 10, 2019
Milestone Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of Amit Hasija as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development
MONTREAL and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 10, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: MIST), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing etripamil for the treatment of cardiovascular indications, today announced the appointment of Amit Hasija as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. Mr. Hasija brings to Milestone two decades of experience in corporate finance and business development within the healthcare industry."I am excited to be joining such a highly accomplished team at this important juncture for the Company," said Mr. Hasija. "I look forward to contributing to Milestone's continued success as the etripamil development program progresses."
Mr. Hasija most recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer at Fulcrum Therapeutics, a publicly traded, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for genetically defined rare diseases. Prior to Fulcrum, he spent five years at Sanofi, most recently serving as Vice President of Integrated Care, where he was responsible for developing cardiovascular and diabetes value-based contracting models. While at Sanofi, he also served as Vice President of North America Pharmaceutical Business Development, and was responsible for identifying external opportunities and executing in-licensing, co-promotion, partnership, and acquisition activities in multiple therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular, immunology, diabetes, oncology, renal, and biosurgery. Prior to joining Sanofi, Mr. Hasija spent more than a decade at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, where he executed mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions for healthcare clients. He began his career at Merck as a Planning and Logistics Analyst and Operations Manager. Mr. Hasija earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and received an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business.
About Milestone Pharmaceuticals
Milestone is a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing the investigational new drug etripamil for the treatment of cardiovascular indications. etripamil is a novel, potent and short-acting calcium channel blocker designed by Milestone and being developed as a rapid-onset nasal spray to be administered by the patient to terminate episodes of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) as they occur. Milestone is actively recruiting patients for a Phase 3 clinical trial of etripamil for the treatment of PSVT. Milestone plans to initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial in atrial fibrillation, another rapid heart rate condition, and expects to subsequently initiate an additional Phase 2 clinical trial in angina to establish proof-of-concept for the broader use of etripamil.
Source: Milestone Pharmaceuticals
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