KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / Sept. 2, 2022 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX) (NASDAQ:LEXXW) (the “Company” or “Lexaria”) is pleased to announce that Catherine Turkel, PharmD, PhD, a global drug delivery platform innovator, has joined its Board of Directors I am pleased toLexalia Biosciences, Inc.
Dr. Turkel said: “We look forward to working with our leadership team and board to advance DehydraTECH technology into a broad range of medicines that can be used in several important therapeutic areas.”
Dr. Turkel has over 20 years of experience as an executive in startups and mid-sized pharmaceutical/biotech companies. She was the founder and CEO of Nezee Therapeutics and served as President and Head of Research and Development at Novus Therapeutics (renamed to Eledon Pharmaceuticals – Nasdaq: ELDN). She currently serves on the independent directors of Object Pharma (privately held) and Prostate Cancer Research (a non-profit organization, member of the Translational Scientific Advisory Committee), and Dean of Chapman University School of Pharmacy, where she serves as an advisor.
Dr. Turkel has developed registration and commercial strategic plans for the Food and Drug Administration, and has worked in neuroscience, pain, cardiovascular, psychiatry, rare diseases, ophthalmology, cosmetology, urology and otolology therapeutic areas. Dr. Turkel designed and led Allergan’s (now AbbVie-NYSE: ABBV) pioneering BOTOX® Chronic Migraine Registry program, which has generated more than $1 billion in revenue.
Chris Bunka, Chairman of Lexaria’s Board of Directors, said: “Katherine’s practical development and regulatory expertise will be of increasing value to Lexalia and we look forward to working with her.”
About Lexalia Biosciences
Lexaria Bioscience Corp.’s patented drug delivery technology, DehydraTECH™, improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) enter the bloodstream by facilitating more effective oral delivery. Since 2016, DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to enhance bioabsorption with cannabinoids, antivirals, PDE5 inhibitors, and more. DehydraTECH has also demonstrated the ability to more effectively deliver some drugs across the blood-brain barrier. Lexaria operates licensed in-house laboratories and worldwide he holds 27 patents and a strong intellectual property portfolio with approximately 50 patents pending. For more information, please visit www.lexariabioscience.com.
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