CEL-SCI Appoints Mario Gobbo to Its Board of Directors
23 Aprile 2024 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE American: CVM) today announced
the appointment of Mario Gobbo to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Gobbo has nearly 40 years of banking and corporate finance
experience in healthcare and energy. His expertise encompasses
venture capital and private equity as well as investment banking
and strategic advisory services. He has served as an officer or
director for a number of companies including several biotech
companies: Xcovery, Ocimum/Genelogic and Helix BioPharma. Prior to
that, Mr. Gobbo worked in the financial industry for Lazard LLC,
Swiss Bank Corporation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, Natixis Bleichroeder, Inc., and International Finance
Corporation (the private sector arm of the World Bank). Mr. Gobbo
holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organic Chemistry from Harvard College,
a Master of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado
and an MBA, a Master of Business Economics and a PhD (Management)
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
“Mr. Gobbo has a unique background where science and Wall Street
interact to create new medicines. He has backed many successful
healthcare ventures and he has excellent contacts in that part of
finance that is interested in building medical breakthroughs into
great companies. We are honored to receive his help in bringing
Multikine to market as a treatment for head and neck cancer,”
stated CEL-SCI CEO Geert Kersten.
Mr. Gobbo commented, “This is an exciting and extremely
important moment to join the board of CEL-SCI as it is on the brink
of developing a product that will revolutionize certain head and
neck cancer therapies and probably other deadly cancers. I am proud
and honored to become part of the CEL-SCI team.”
About CEL-SCI Corporation
CEL-SCI believes that boosting a patient’s immune system while
it is still intact should provide the greatest possible impact on
survival. Multikine* (Leukocyte Interleukin, Injection) is designed
to help the immune system "target" the tumor at a time when the
immune system is still relatively intact and thereby thought to be
better able to mount an attack on the tumor. In a Phase 3 study,
CEL-SCI studied patients who were newly diagnosed with locally
advanced primary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (oral
cavity and soft-palate) with the investigational product Multikine
administered first, before they received the standard of care,
which involved surgery followed by either radiation or
chemoradiation. The Phase 3 study enrolled 928 patients. Our
approach is unique because most other cancer immunotherapies are
administered only after conventional therapies have been tried
and/or failed.
After analyzing data from the Phase 3 study, we have better
defined the target head and neck cancer population for Multikine,
which is advanced primary head and neck cancer patients with no
lymph node involvement and with low PD-L1 tumor expression. In the
Phase 3 study, we observed statistically significant survival data
in the final target population, showing that Multikine cut the risk
of death in half at five years vs control.
Multikine (Leukocyte Interleukin, Injection) received Orphan
Drug designation from the FDA for neoadjuvant therapy in patients
with squamous cell carcinoma (cancer) of the head and neck.
The Company has operations in Vienna, Virginia, and near/in
Baltimore, Maryland.
Forward-Looking Statements
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the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. When used in this press release, the words "intends,"
"believes," "anticipated," "plans" and "expects," and similar
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Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about
the terms, expected proceeds, use of proceeds and closing of the
offering. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include an inability to duplicate the clinical results
demonstrated in clinical studies, timely development of any
potential products that can be shown to be safe and effective,
receiving necessary regulatory approvals, difficulties in
manufacturing any of the Company's potential products, inability to
raise the necessary capital and the risk factors set forth from
time to time in CEL-SCI's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including but not limited to its report on Form 10-K
for the year ended September 30, 2023. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly release the result of any revision to these
forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect the events
or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events.
* Multikine (Leukocyte Interleukin, Injection) is the trademark
that CEL-SCI has registered for this investigational therapy. This
proprietary name is subject to FDA review in connection with the
Company's future anticipated regulatory submission for approval.
Multikine has not been licensed or approved for sale, barter or
exchange by the FDA or any other regulatory agency. Similarly, its
safety or efficacy has not been established for any use.
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