Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Announces World Renowned Clinical Advisory Board Appointments

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a company developing novel therapies that can be precisely controlled after delivery, today announced the appointment of four new members to its Clinical Advisory Board (CAB). The new appointments enhance the range and depth of expertise of the CAB, which provides medical and strategic guidance for the company's product development and commercialization activities that include two programs in clinical trials. The announcement coincides with the launch of the company's newly designed website, www.bellicum.com.

 The new members of the CAB are: Philip Kantoff, M.D., William Oh, M.D., Daniel Petrylak, M.D., and Oliver Sartor, M.D. They join Daniel Von Hoff, M.D., F.A.C.P., who has served as Bellicum's principal clinical advisor since 2006. Their collective resumes include leadership of pivotal trials for Taxotere® (docetaxel), Jevtana® (cabazitaxel), and Provenge® (sipuleucel-T), the only FDA-approved treatments for castrate resistant prostate cancer with a proven survival benefit. "The appointment of these outstanding clinical investigators to the Bellicum CAB is a milestone event," said Kevin M. Slawin, M.D., President and Chief Medical Officer of Bellicum. "Their deep experience in clinical trial design and their track record for advancing the care of patients with prostate cancer is unparalleled."
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