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Cambridge, X4 Phaaceuticals MA-based Paula Ragan as Chief Executive Officer
About the Company
X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR) is developing novel therapeutics designed to improve immune cell trafficking to treat rare diseases, including primary immunodeficiencies and certain cancers. The company`s oral small molecule drug candidates antagonize the CXCR4 pathway, which plays a central role in immune surveillance. X4`s most advanced product candidate, mavorixafor (X4P-001), is in a global Phase 3 pivotal trial in patients with WHIM syndrome, a rare, inherited, primary immunodeficiency disease, and is currently also under investigation in combination with axitinib in the Phase 2a portion of an open-label Phase 1/2 clinical trial in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). X4 is also planning to commence clinical trials of mavorixafor in Severe Congenital Neutropenia (SCN) and Waldenström`s macroglobulinemia (WM) in 2019. The company was founded and is led by a team with extensive biopharmaceutical product development and commercialization expertise and is committed to advancing the development of innovative medicines on behalf of patients with limited treatment options. X4 is a global company that is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts with research offices based in Vienna, Austria.
About the Person
Proven life sciences entrepreneur with 15-years of leadership in corporate development and operations. Skilled in attracting key management, establishing strategic vision and maintaining operational focus. Effective role model who builds team commitments through patient-focused passion, rational discipline and open communications.
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