Melinta Therapeutics Inc. announced that the company’s merger with Cempra, Inc. has closed. Melinta Therapeutics will commence trading on November 6, 2017 on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol MLNT. Concurrent with the closing of the merger, Melinta also announced that the company’s board of directors will be chaired by Kevin Ferro, co-founder of Vatera Healthcare Partners. The board will also be comprised of former board members from Melinta and Cempra as well as the addition of Jay Galeota, who has held diverse key leadership positions including chief strategy and business development officer and president, emerging businesses at Merck & Co. Inc., and who is currently the president and chief operating officer of G&W Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Wechsler will also be appointed to the board. His appointment will be effective ten days following the filing of a supplemental Information Statement on Schedule 14f-1 relating to Mr. Wechsler.