The Company also announced the promotion of Dr. Raj Pruthi to Chief Medical Officer, succeeding Dr. Richard Bryce. Dr. Pruthi, who joined enGene in April 2024, is a thought leader in the urological community with over 25 years of experience providing patient care and advancing the development of new therapeutics.
“On behalf of the Board of Directors, we would like to sincerely thank Mr. Hanson for his service to enGene,” said Dr. Glickman. “Mr. Hanson successfully led the Company’s evolution from an early-stage research organization to a well-capitalized, publicly traded, pivotal-stage company poised to make an impactful difference for patients living with NMIBC. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.”
About enGene
enGene is a clinical-stage biotechnology company mainstreaming genetic medicines through the delivery of therapeutics to mucosal tissues and other organs, with the goal of creating new ways to address diseases with high clinical needs. enGene’s lead program is EG-70 for patients with Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) – a disease with a high clinical burden. EG-70 is being evaluated in the ongoing multi-cohort LEGEND Phase 2 study, which includes a registrational cohort studying EG-70 in Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive patients with carcinoma in situ (Cis). EG-70 was developed using enGene’s proprietary Dually Derivatized Oligochitosan (DDX) platform, which enables penetration of mucosal tissues and delivery of a wide range of sizes and types of cargo, including DNA and various forms of RNA.
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