NuCana (NCNA) Appoints Elliott M. Levy to its Board

NuCana plc (Nasdaq: NCNA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on significantly improving treatment outcomes for patients with cancer announced the appointment of Elliott M. Levy, M.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Levy brings over 20 years of experience at global pharmaceutical companies, including Amgen and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and has a strong track record of leading clinical strategy and development efforts for numerous programs at all stages of development.

“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Levy to our Board of Directors,” said Hugh S. Griffith, NuCana’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “He is a recognized and respected industry veteran and has played a major role in the development of 20 approved medicines during his time at Amgen and Bristol-Myers Squibb. We look forward to his contributions and strategic guidance as we continue to advance our pipeline of ProTides to provide more effective and safer medicines for patients with cancer.”

Dr. Levy said, “I am excited to join NuCana’s Board at this important time in the Company’s growth. I believe that NuCana’s novel ProTide platform represents a new era in oncology and that NuCana has the potential to transform the standards of care for many patients with cancer. I look forward to working with the team as NuCana advances its ProTides through the clinic and, if approved, to commercial launch.”

Dr. Levy was most recently Senior Vice President of Global Development and R&D Strategy and Operations at Amgen where he was responsible for managing and executing Amgen’s R&D strategy and drug development process. Previously, Dr. Levy spent 17 years at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) where he was Senior Vice President and Head of Specialty Development and held a range of senior positions in BMS’s research and development group. Prior to joining BMS, Dr. Levy was a member of the Renal Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was an investigator in federally-sponsored outcomes research and industry-sponsored clinical trials. Dr. Levy currently serves as a director for Omega Therapeutics and previously served as Board Chair of TransCelerate BioPharma. He received his M.D. from the Yale School of Medicine, where he was Chief Medical Resident focusing on internal medicine and nephrology and completed fellowship training in clinical research through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars program.

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