About

Company History

Patrys listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in 2007 to develop new antibody therapies for the treatment of cancer. In 2016, Patrys secured an exclusive, worldwide license from Yale University for the use of deoxymab antibodies as human therapeutic agents for treatment and management of cancer. Mechanism of action studies with deoxymabs over the past few years have shown that they are able to inhibit NETosis, a cellular defense mechanism that is implicated in cancer and inflammatory diseases. This has broadened the potential therapeutic applications of these intriguing antibodies.

Board of Directors

Our Board is comprised of respected global leaders in drug development, clinical research and commercialisation.

Peter Christie

Non-Executive Chairman

Peter Christie is a qualified accountant and tax agent with over 25 years of experience in public accounting. He has served on the boards of several public companies in the resource sector since 2006 and has developed extensive interests in hospitality and property development.

Mr. Christie is the Director of Hawkins Christie Management Services, a firm based in Nedlands, Western Australia, providing accounting and management services. He is also the current President of the South Fremantle Football Club, a role he has held since 2018, following over a decade of service on the club’s board. His leadership has been instrumental in the club’s strategic growth and community engagement initiatives.

In addition to his roles in the resource sector and community sports, Mr. Christie has experience in the medical industry, having previously served as Chairman of Safety Medical Products Limited. His diverse background in finance, corporate governance, and community leadership positions him as a valuable asset to the board.

James Campbell

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Campbell has more than 20 years of international biotechnology research, management and leadership experience and has been involved in the creation and/or transformation of multiple successful Australian and international biotechnology companies.

Dr. Campbell was previously the CFO and COO of ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:CXS), where, as a member of the executive team he helped transform a research-based company with a market capitalization of $10M to a company with completed clinical trials and regulatory dossiers submitted to the FDA and EMA. In 2011 ChemGenex was sold to Cephalon for $230M.

Dr. Campbell was a foundation executive of Evolve Biosystems, and has assisted private biotechnology companies in Australia, New Zealand and the USA with successful capital raising and partnering negotiations. Dr Campbell chairs the board of Australia’s peak industry body for biotechnology, AusBiotech, and is a Non-Executive Director of Prescient Therapeutics Limited (ASX:PTX).

Dr Anton Uvarov

Non-Executive Director

Dr Uvarov has significant experience in the healthcare industry with a particular focus on neuroscience. Dr Uvarov has started his career in biotechnology investments as equities analyst with Citigroup. He is aco-founding director of several publicly listed companies in Australia including clinical stage companies such as BlinkLab (ASX:BB1), Dimerix (ASX:DXB), Actinogen Medical (ASX:ACW) and Neuroscientific Biopharmaceuticals (ASX:NSB). He was previously on the board of late-stage clinical oncology company Imugene (ASX:IMU).

Management

Our Management Team are long-standing employees and highly capable professionals, with a cross-section of skills and experience targeted to our needs.

Valentina Dubljevic

Vice President, Research and Development, MBB, BSc, GAICD

Ms. Dubljevic joined Patrys in June 2012 and is responsible for the pre-clinical and clinical development of Patrys’ products. Ms. Dubljevic brings more than 20 years of scientific and commercial experience in the areas of anti- cancer therapies, vaccine development, and diagnostics.

Prior to joining Patrys, she worked at the Monash University conducting research on malaria vaccine development; at Cytopia Limited developing small molecule anti-cancer drugs and at Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR) developing antibody therapies for cancer. She has extensive experience related to the drug development, management of pre-clinical studies, manufacturing, regulatory and clinical operations, contracts and project management and has co-authored multiple scientific papers and grants.

Ms. Dubljevic holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree from Griffith University, Brisbane, a Masters in Biotechnology and Business degree from RMIT and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Stefan Ross

Company Secretary, BBus (Accounting)

Stefan Ross has over 10 years of experience in accounting and secretarial services for ASX Listed companies. His extensive experience includes ASX compliance, corporate governance control and implementation, statutory financial reporting, shareholder meeting requirements, capital raising management, preparation of prospectus’, and board and secretarial support. Mr Ross has a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Accounting.

Scientific Advisory Board

Our scientific advisors are globally sought-after professionals, leveraging focused expertise to guide our research and development.

Peter Ordentlich, BSc, PhD

Dr. Peter Ordentlich completed a PhD in Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania and a Post-Doc at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies before joining X-Ceptor Therapeutics, a discovery stage biotechnology company focused on the identification of novel therapeutics for cardiovascular and oncology indications. Dr. Ordentlich spent five years as a research scientist leading multiple lead discovery and optimization projects at X-Ceptor Therapeutics, which was acquired by Exelixis in 2004.

In 2005 Dr. Ordentlich co-founded Syndax Pharmaceuticals, a NASDAQ-listed, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies with three clinical stage assets, where he is currently the Chief Scientific Officer.

Allen Ebens, BSc, PhD

Dr. Allen Eben’s formal training is in chemistry, molecular genetics, and neurobiology. After more than 25 years of professional experience in hematology, immunology, and oncology, he’s worked at Exelixis, Genentech, Juno Therapeutics, NGM Bio, Vera Therapeutics, and now serves as CSO at Adanate. In work that spans both biologic and small molecule platforms, he has advanced programs that include small molecule inhibitors, conventional antibody therapeutics, antibody-drug conjugates, T-cell recruiting antibodies, as well as CAR-T and TCR-based cellular therapies. Allen has played a key role in the ideation and development of one dozen candidates to clinical development including two FDA approvals. The most recent approval, mosunetuzumab, was conceived and refined in his lab at Genentech with colleague Laura Sun.

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