Biostage, Inc. Appoints Herman Sanchez as an Independent Director
January 25, 2021 at 08:05 am EST
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Biostage, Inc. announced that it appointed Herman Sanchez as an independent director to its Board of Directors. Mr. Sanchez has been working in the life sciences industry for over 20 years in various positions including designing and running randomized trial research, optimizing of clinical administration of health services, and working as a strategic consultant to the life sciences industry. He is currently a Senior Partner helping run Trinity Life Sciences’ strategy consulting business. He joined Trinity over a decade ago and has worked closely with clients to support strategic decision making across the product lifecycle. In his work consulting for pharmaceutical/biotech and medical device companies he has covered several diseases/therapeutic areas including oncology, rare and ultra-rare diseases, cell therapies, cardiovascular, diabetes, alcohol abuse/dependence, neurological, orthopedic, and renal diseases. He has been published in peer-reviewed publications on various topics including renal disease, patient epidemiology, medication adherence, suicidal ideation, minority patient recruiting, alcohol use/abuse and depression/anxiety treatment. Mr. Sanchez, prior to working in the life sciences industry, earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and an AB in Psychology from Harvard University.
Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It uses the patientâs own stem cells grown on a porous plastic tubular scaffold to regenerate the esophagus after it has been removed due to cancer, trauma, or birth defects. The Company is targeting the conditions of the esophagus, including traumatic injury, caustic burns, tissue damage following chemoradiation therapy and birth defects. Its additional product candidates in its development pipeline are targeted at the reconstruction of the colon and uterus wound repair. Its product candidate includes Cellspan Esophageal Implant, and Cellspan Bronchial Implants. It is developing Cellspan Esophageal Implant for the treatment of esophageal atresia. Esophageal atresia is a birth disorder of the digestive system in which the esophagus does not develop properly. Cellspan Bronchial Implants enables the surgeon to preserve the lung and repair the bronchus through various surgical resection.
HARVARD APPARATUS REGENERATIVE TECHNOLOGY INC. 