Monopar Therapeutics Expands
Leadership Team with Appointment of Andrew Cittadine as Chief
Operating Officer
WILMETTE,
Ill., June 1,
2021 – Monopar
Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: MNPR), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on developing
proprietary therapeutics designed to extend life or improve the
quality of life for cancer patients, today announced the
appointment of Andrew Cittadine, MBA, as Chief Operating Officer.
In this role, Mr. Cittadine will provide leadership and oversight
of Monopar’s global operations and business and development
strategy.
Mr. Cittadine is an experienced healthcare executive and serial
entrepreneur with a successful track record of identifying,
founding, and building healthcare businesses from concept to
commercialization to acquisition by Fortune Global 1000 firms.
These include founding two successful diagnostic imaging companies,
Sensant Corp. and American Biooptics, and leading both through
acquisitions, by Siemens and Olympus, respectively. His
leadership experience also includes acting as startup CEO of a
critical care company, SonarMed, which was acquired by Medtronic.
He has managed manufacturing and quality systems implementation,
execution of multi-center clinical trials, and regulatory
clearances for new technologies in Europe and the US. Mr. Cittadine
received his BA, BS, and MS from Stanford and an MBA from
Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
“We are very
pleased to welcome Andrew. He is a proven healthcare leader and a
strong addition to our executive team,” said Chandler Robinson, MD,
Chief Executive Officer of Monopar.
“This is an exciting time at Monopar. They have a
well-balanced and promising portfolio of earlier and later stage
drug candidates. I’m honored to join this talented and
committed team in developing these potentially life-changing
treatments for cancer patients,” said Mr.
Cittadine.
About Monopar Therapeutics Inc.
Monopar Therapeutics is a
clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on
developing proprietary therapeutics designed to extend life or
improve the quality of life for cancer
patients. Monopar's pipeline consists
of Validive for the prevention of
chemoradiotherapy-induced severe oral mucositis in oropharyngeal
cancer patients; camsirubicin for the treatment of
advanced soft tissue sarcoma; and a late-stage preclinical
antibody, MNPR-101, for advanced cancers and severe COVID-19. For
more information, visit: www.monopartx.com.
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Monopar Therapeutics Inc.
Investor Relations
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